❓ Dr. Nahan questions the Minister for Health about legal advice regarding statements made about debates jeopardising the state's legal position concerning Perth Children's Hospital. The Minister avoids directly answering, instead attacking the opposition's competence.
AnsweredQoN 639Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PERTH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL —
MINISTER FOR HEALTH
639. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary
question. I go back. The minister made an accusation in a letter sent to me on
2 November 2017, which I referred to in my question. He said that debates
in this house were jeopardising the legal position of the state. I ask the
minister: did he receive legal advice to that extent, and will he table it?
MINISTER FOR HEALTH
639. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary
question. I go back. The minister made an accusation in a letter sent to me on
2 November 2017, which I referred to in my question. He said that debates
in this house were jeopardising the legal position of the state. I ask the
minister: did he receive legal advice to that extent, and will he table it?
AnswerView source ↗
That is the problem with supplementary questions when they do
not relate to the answer given by the other side. I have actually answered that
question. The question is: what sort of opposition does this mob want to be?
Will they be a bunch of grown-ups who are capable of proper prosecution of
public policy, or are they going to side with the other side, against the
interests of the Western Australian taxpayers? As I said earlier in today's
debate, members opposite do not know what argument they want to prosecute in
this debate. They do not know whether they want to argue that we should have
taken practical completion and the hospital should be open, or that we took
practical completion too early. They are such a confused, hopeless bunch.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr R.H. COOK : The lesson has been learnt. I will not treat members
opposite with the same respect and courtesy next time. We will continue to
resolve the issues around the hospital in a systematic way, which means that we
will open this hospital as soon as possible, when it is safe for kids. This mob
on the other side has suspended standing orders today and is asking questions
today. I am happy for them to suspend every day, because every day I am happy
to stand up in this place and point out how we are having to clean up the mess
left by them in government.
not relate to the answer given by the other side. I have actually answered that
question. The question is: what sort of opposition does this mob want to be?
Will they be a bunch of grown-ups who are capable of proper prosecution of
public policy, or are they going to side with the other side, against the
interests of the Western Australian taxpayers? As I said earlier in today's
debate, members opposite do not know what argument they want to prosecute in
this debate. They do not know whether they want to argue that we should have
taken practical completion and the hospital should be open, or that we took
practical completion too early. They are such a confused, hopeless bunch.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr R.H. COOK : The lesson has been learnt. I will not treat members
opposite with the same respect and courtesy next time. We will continue to
resolve the issues around the hospital in a systematic way, which means that we
will open this hospital as soon as possible, when it is safe for kids. This mob
on the other side has suspended standing orders today and is asking questions
today. I am happy for them to suspend every day, because every day I am happy
to stand up in this place and point out how we are having to clean up the mess
left by them in government.
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