Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-05-04 Daily Xml

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Strike Force Wyndarra

13 The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (1 April 2021).

1. Did SA Police receive a request from NSW Police and/or Strike Force Wyndarra for permission to travel to South Australia to interview the complainant in the case regarding historical rape allegations against former Attorney-General Christian Porter?

2. What documentation has been kept, received, and/or created by SAPOL (including any relevant policies, advices, memorandum, other guidance, and records of phone calls/meetings/discussions) relating to any proposal or request regarding travel by NSW Police and/or Strike Force Wyndarra to South Australia to investigate historical rape allegations against former Attorney-General Christian Porter? Can and will the minister provide copies of these documents?

3. What documentation has been kept, received, and/or created by SAPOL (including any relevant policies, advices, memorandum, other guidance, and records of phone calls/meetings/discussions) regarding the original report to SAPOL of the historical rape allegations against the former Attorney-General Christian Porter, including their referral of the case to NSW Police and any follow up to the investigation? Can and will the minister provide copies of these documents?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): The Minister for Police has been advised:

1. South Australia Police (SAPOL) do not have any cross border travel registrations submitted by New South Wales Police Strike Force Wyndarra.

2. No documents exist.

3. Notes from the conversation held on 15 November 2019, operational briefing paper and SAPOL computer record. As this documentation is owned by SAPOL, the Minister for Police is not in a position to provide.