Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.32 pm]: Before we rose for the winter break, there was a quite disturbing article in The Guardian, which I am not sure members have seen. It is entitled “WA police officer escaped sanction for ‘shocking’ force against Indigenous boy”. I seek leave to table a copy of the article for members who may not have seen it.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [6.20 pm]: It has been an interesting week. Nationally, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory have moved towards banning gay conversion therapy. I want to make a few comments about how we are not tracking here in Western Australia.