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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:57): My question is again to the Attorney-General. Can the government guarantee that the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Steve Pallaras QC, will be offered reappointment to his position and not removed, as a result of his support for a state ICAC?

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (14:57): It is very nice to have that vote of confidence from the Liberal opposition that I will be attorney-general and that the Rann government will still be in office at the time that Mr Pallaras' term comes to an end.

The Hon. P.F. Conlon: It's called tapping the mat, isn't it?

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: So you've tapped the mat already.

The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: The arrangement is that the director of public prosecutions is appointed for seven years. I think Paul Rofe got one seven year term and then there was a great deal of controversy within the then Liberal government about whether he ought to be reappointed. My recollection is that at least one prominent minister did not want him reappointed. They had quite a blue about it and eventually he was reappointed. The system is quite straightforward: it is a seven year term and, at the end of the seven years, the position will be considered on its merits.

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