❓ Ms. Mettam asks the Minister for Community Services to table the incoming brief regarding a meeting about Banksia Hill Detention Centre. The Minister avoids answering the question directly, stating she wasn't at the meeting and inviting the opposition to offer solutions.
AnsweredQoN 83Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE — PREMIER'S MEETING
83. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Community Services:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister table the incoming brief from her department that pertains to
this meeting —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order! It is
for the opposition to ask a question and it is for the minister to respond. If
I could hear the question, I could make some judgement about the question if
necessary. As it is, you are drowning out the member.
Ms L. METTAM : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. Will the minister table the incoming brief from her department
in relation to that meeting to provide some assurance to the community that she
is taking this decision seriously?
CENTRE — PREMIER'S MEETING
83. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Community Services:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister table the incoming brief from her department that pertains to
this meeting —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order! It is
for the opposition to ask a question and it is for the minister to respond. If
I could hear the question, I could make some judgement about the question if
necessary. As it is, you are drowning out the member.
Ms L. METTAM : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. Will the minister table the incoming brief from her department
in relation to that meeting to provide some assurance to the community that she
is taking this decision seriously?
AnswerView source ↗
I assure the member that I take my
portfolios very seriously and I very much look forward to the Leader of the
Liberal Party providing some contest of ideas and debates in this place in
these very important portfolios.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms S.E. WINTON : I really
look forward to the opportunity to hear some solutions that the member might
have in what are challenging portfolios. I am up for it, so bring it on.
In regard to the member's
question, can I say this: I was not at the meeting, so the member might need to
direct her question to someone who was.
portfolios very seriously and I very much look forward to the Leader of the
Liberal Party providing some contest of ideas and debates in this place in
these very important portfolios.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms S.E. WINTON : I really
look forward to the opportunity to hear some solutions that the member might
have in what are challenging portfolios. I am up for it, so bring it on.
In regard to the member's
question, can I say this: I was not at the meeting, so the member might need to
direct her question to someone who was.
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