A parliamentary committee will hold an inquiry into Troy Buswells car crash scandal.
A parliamentary committee will hold an inquiry into the car crash scandal that involved former WA treasurer Troy Buswell. Picture: file image Source: News Corp Australia
A PARLIAMENTARY committee will hold an inquiry into Troy Buswell's car crash scandal.
The inquiry will be held by the Community, Development and Justice Standing Committee, chaired by Labor MLA Margaret Quirk.
Parliament was told today the review would be conducted on May 19, with Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan called upon to give evidence.
But Mr Buswell will not be called upon to give evidence, the committee has announced.
It will examine:
● Police communications and integration of information related to the incident.
● Investigations undertaken by police officers on the night in question.
● The nature of demand for police attendance on the night in question.
● The subsequent conduct of the investigation and collection of evidence.
● The decision to prosecute, the charges laid and legal advice sought.
"As this is a review of police procedures and operations, the committee will call on the police commissioner and police officers involved in the investigation to appear at the hearing, but will not require the member for Vasse to give evidence," Ms Quirk, said in a statement this afternoon."
Mr Buswell crashed his ministerial car and four other vehicles in the early hours of February 23, after attending a wedding in Kings Park.
He was fined and lost his licence for a year, after being prosecuted by police.
Police went to his home in the early hours of February 23, after receiving a phone call from a witness, but did not interview the Vasse MLA.
Mr Buswell and his then chief of staff, Rachael Turnseck did not report the crash to the Premier — or members of his staff — until March 9.
Apart from Ms Quirk, the committee comprises Liberals Chris Hatton and Ian Britza, and Labor's Tony Buti and Mick Murray.
BUSWELL HITS BACK AT PLAGIARISM CLAIMS Today, Mr Buswell tried to deflect criticism over a plagiarised travel report, which The Sunday Times revealed at the weekend.
Big sections of Mr Buswell's research report justifying his expensive taxpayer-funded trip to Europe and Asia to study light rail last year was plagiarised from public websites and brochures.
A simple check using Google revealed about 30 per cent of the disgraced former treasurer's 20-page report was lifted word for word from the internet.
"Obviously this is not an academic document, it's a summary of an overseas travel report," Mr Buswell told reporters today.
Mr Buswell also attempted to discredit The Sunday Times over its report, claiming the story was "incredibly similar" to a story in another newspaper from 2005 – one that involved a different MP and different set of facts.
"A person writes an article alleging plagiarism when the article itself in content and in form is incredibly similar to an article which was written seven-and-a-half years ago," he said.
Yesterday, Premier Colin Barnett said Mr Buswell's report was detailed and lengthy and it was appropriate to use the material in question. But he did foreshadow changes to the reporting of overseas travel to ensure all MPs table a report or at least make a statement to Parliament.
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