❓ Mr. Love questions the Minister for Local Government about launching inquiries similar to the predecessor, which the report has outlined has led to the department's problems. The Minister denies launching new inquiries and expresses a desire to avoid them in the future.
AnsweredQoN 103Legislative Assembly
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT — AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
103. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Local Government:
I have a supplementary question.
Why is the minister now repeating his predecessor's reckless and
unnecessary politically based forays with
these reckless inquiries, and repeatedly launching inquiries, which the report
has outlined has led to the department's problems?
Point of Order
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : Apart from being attacked, of course, this is
not a supplementary question. It is a preamble.
Mr R.S. LOVE : Further to the point of order, the minister
outlined that he just launched three more inquiries today . That is the
point of the supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Can we hear
the member's supplementary question so that we know what we are
expecting the minister to answer?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.S. LOVE : I will clarify the question. Why is the
minister now repeating his predecessor's reckless and unnecessary
forays into this endless number of politically inspired inquiries?
103. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Local Government:
I have a supplementary question.
Why is the minister now repeating his predecessor's reckless and
unnecessary politically based forays with
these reckless inquiries, and repeatedly launching inquiries, which the report
has outlined has led to the department's problems?
Point of Order
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN : Apart from being attacked, of course, this is
not a supplementary question. It is a preamble.
Mr R.S. LOVE : Further to the point of order, the minister
outlined that he just launched three more inquiries today . That is the
point of the supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Can we hear
the member's supplementary question so that we know what we are
expecting the minister to answer?
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.S. LOVE : I will clarify the question. Why is the
minister now repeating his predecessor's reckless and unnecessary
forays into this endless number of politically inspired inquiries?
AnswerView source ↗
Member for Moore, if
ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person on earth! I want to address
this. Yesterday , I tabled three inquiry reports. I have not called any
additional inquiries. That is what I stated, and I did that yesterday in the Parliament. What I put on the
record today is: I do not want further inquiries and I do accept that they are a waste of money and time for everyone.
Developers and stakeholders do not like it because the local government is in total disarray. Councillors and the community do not like it. What I am
proposing—this is what I just said in answer
to that question—is that I will be looking at an alternative model that
will enable early intervention so that we can avoid inquiries in the future. At the moment, under the Local
Government Act, there are very limited opportunities when there is a dysfunctional
council and, unfortunately, an inquiry, under the current provisions, is
usually what occurs, even though a minister may not want to go down that route.
I am prepared to work with WALGA and with the member for Moore's party,
because I know that members in his party have received complaints about local governments and chief executive officers. To
suggest that it is some sort of political witch-hunt is absolute nonsense ,
because I have not called one inquiry yet.
The SPEAKER : Members, that concludes question time.
ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person on earth! I want to address
this. Yesterday , I tabled three inquiry reports. I have not called any
additional inquiries. That is what I stated, and I did that yesterday in the Parliament. What I put on the
record today is: I do not want further inquiries and I do accept that they are a waste of money and time for everyone.
Developers and stakeholders do not like it because the local government is in total disarray. Councillors and the community do not like it. What I am
proposing—this is what I just said in answer
to that question—is that I will be looking at an alternative model that
will enable early intervention so that we can avoid inquiries in the future. At the moment, under the Local
Government Act, there are very limited opportunities when there is a dysfunctional
council and, unfortunately, an inquiry, under the current provisions, is
usually what occurs, even though a minister may not want to go down that route.
I am prepared to work with WALGA and with the member for Moore's party,
because I know that members in his party have received complaints about local governments and chief executive officers. To
suggest that it is some sort of political witch-hunt is absolute nonsense ,
because I have not called one inquiry yet.
The SPEAKER : Members, that concludes question time.
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