BURNSIDE COUNCIL

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): I have a further supplementary question. Given that the Attorney-General, along with the Premier, believes that the documents should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, on whose advice did you ask the Crown Solicitor's Office to go through the report?

The PRESIDENT: Order! I regard that as a separate question altogether.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Mr President, it was the second part of my original question that the minister has not answered.

The PRESIDENT: The minister can answer it as another question.

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: You can't really protect him, Bob; he's indefensible.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:27): I made the decision after being invited to by the police commissioner to send him a copy of the draft report. Any request from the Department of Public Prosecutions will be considered but, at the end of the day, all the evidence that the Crown Solicitor's Office has will be gone through and any allegations of criminality will be referred to the Department of Public Prosecutions.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Bressington has a supplementary.