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      <name>Easling, Mr T.</name>
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        <heading>EASLING, MR T.</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. I.F. EVANS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Davenport</electorate>
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          <question date="2009-06-04">
            <name>EASLING, MR T.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="563">The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:01):</by>  Does the Attorney-General accept that there was a lack of transparency in the Easling matter? On 24 May this year, the DPP Steve Pallaras wrote an opinion piece for the <term>Sunday Mail</term> in which he stated:</text>
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          <inserted>Transparency is an attribute demanded of all participants in the criminal justice system from beginning to end.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="200906045be68ff32a7b4264a0000514">He stated further, 'At every stage of the criminal process, transparency is demanded.' In the Easling matter, no notes were kept of some interviews; notes of other interviews were taken and then shredded; the tape recorder was not turned on during some interviews; not all subpoenaed material was released by the government and was secretly withheld; children under the guardianship of the minister were prevented from giving statements in support of Mr Easling; and supporters of Mr Easling who were potential witnesses were threatened with dismissal.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="531" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Justice</name>
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            <name>Minister for Multicultural Affairs</name>
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            <name>Minister for Veterans' Affairs</name>
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          <question date="2009-06-04">
            <name>EASLING, MR T.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="531">The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:02):</by>  No. The Crown Solicitor will provide me with a report about the Easling matter shortly.</text>
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