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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-09-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner</name>
      <text id="2021092239c9fb12f15a407790000139">
        <heading>Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5419" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-09-22">
            <name>Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-09-22T14:33:20" />
        <text id="2021092239c9fb12f15a407790000140">
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:33):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Treasurer, representing the Attorney-General in the other place, a question about the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner, Greg May.</text>
        <text id="2021092239c9fb12f15a407790000141">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2021092239c9fb12f15a407790000142">
          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  I have asked the Attorney a number of specific questions in recent times regarding Mr May, who was found by a majority judgement of the Full Court guilty of several breaches of section 17 of the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act 1995. The Attorney-General herself, when in opposition, was aware of and seemed concerned about at least one breach when she posed questions about Mr May to the then Labor Attorney-General, Mr Rau. Now the tally is five. The Attorney has failed to adequately answer in detail the questions I put to her on notice about Mr May's conduct, including whether she intends to pursue the matter, especially considering that breaches of the act carry significant penalties, including imprisonment.</text>
        <text id="2021092239c9fb12f15a407790000143">My question to the Attorney-General is: is Mr May and his office immune from prosecution for breaking the law, specifically the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act and, if not, why isn't the Attorney-General pursuing the matter or referring it to an integrity body as part of her responsibility and duty as the state's top legal officer?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2021-09-22T14:34:57" />
        <page num="4283" />
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:34):</by>  I am happy to refer the honourable member's question to the Attorney-General and bring back a reply.</text>
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