News.com.au (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
CORRECTIONS Minister Christian Porter has ordered an audit to determine how many killer co-offenders are fraternising in WA prisons.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
WA Police and the Department of Public Prosecutions will receive an extra $13 million over the next three years to fight organised crime.Attorney General Christian Porter and Police Minister Rob Johnson have signed a two-year agreement giving more funding to police and the DPP from criminal property confiscation grants. “This Government is serious about getting tough on crime and we are...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... the one-off payment being mooted nine months ago.In a scathing letter to WA Attorney-General Christian Porter this month, the Irwins made an impassioned plea for action to reward Karratha Sgt Shane Gray for his remarkable bravery. Close to death, Sgt Gray acted in self-defence when he shot dead Victorian fugitive William John Watkins, 38, after being bashed on the remote North-West...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
In response to The Sunday Times' exclusive front-page report, which revealed the evil lovers had reunited in jail, WA Attorney-General Christian Porter conceded it appeared the two were making contact during recreational time at the jail, of which inmates have 90 minutes a day on weekdays and six hours on a Sunday. But today Mr Porter said it could take weeks to work out a way...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Others may be sent to work camps as part of Attorney-General Christian Porter's master plan for prisons. Mr Porter revealed the radical new measures to The Sunday Times as prison numbers reached record levels. Dozens of white-collar criminals and fine defaulters would do home detention instead of being behind bars. They would be fitted with special bracelets that track their movement...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
... After being informed by of the disregard for the judge's recommendation, Corrections Minister Christian Porter immediately launched an investigation. Mr Porter said he would consider moving one of the women. Insiders said Stasinowsky, 21, and Parashumti, 20, were housed in separate units in Bandyup, but have constant access to each other during recreation. This gives them at...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... report in coming weeks.After the CCC report was tabled last month, state attorney general Christian Porter referred Mr Mallard’s wrongful conviction to the crown solicitor’s office for an opinion on what compensation should be offered to Mr Mallard.PerthNow understands Mr Mallard, who twice successfully appealed his 1995 conviction, does not favour another court battle.But if the...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
VICTIMS of crime will lobby the State Government to make jail life harder and stop inmates filling their hours playing shoot'em-up video games.The Homicide Victims Support Group say they're sick of hearing about inmates having it too easy. The group intends meeting with Attorney-General Christian Porter, who is also the Minister for Corrective Services, to push for a review of cushy comforts...
The Australian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... towards a decision by parliament to remove a judicial officer. West Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter said he sympathised with the concerns of NSW and said his state was also against "a lowest common denominator form of consistency". He believed a single national system with uniform rules and procedures that would apply to all judges would be very difficult to accomplish....
