❓ Mr. Rundle questions the Premier on the lack of upfront disclosure regarding alternative methods for accessing the Student Assistance Payment. The Premier deflects, accusing the opposition of supporting conspiracy theorists and promoting the ServiceWA app as the primary access method.
AnsweredQoN 209Legislative Assembly
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STUDENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENT
209. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. The Premier is one term too late. He obviously
has not checked his Facebook page —
The SPEAKER : Member for Roe!
This is an opportunity to ask a direct, simple question, not to have a preamble.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Why did the
Premier not disclose up-front the other methods of accessing this payment for
those people who are having challenges in the community?
209. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. The Premier is one term too late. He obviously
has not checked his Facebook page —
The SPEAKER : Member for Roe!
This is an opportunity to ask a direct, simple question, not to have a preamble.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Why did the
Premier not disclose up-front the other methods of accessing this payment for
those people who are having challenges in the community?
AnswerView source ↗
Not
only is the opposition opposing cost-of-living measures for Western Australians,
but it is also now the megaphone for the conspiracy theorists and the ''cookers''.
That is the calibre of people opposite. The sorry mob opposite us is so
desperate to attract attention that it looks at the bots and trolls that occupy
a lot of social media space and decide to back them. The member for Roe is
backing the wrong horse. I suggest that he gets behind the Minister for
Education and the great work that he is doing. The minister has made it very
clear that people can access these payments through a range of measures, but we
have been at pains to point out that the most effective and quickest way for
people to get these payments with the most integrity is through the ServiceWA
app. As of this afternoon, almost 60 000 Western Australians, representing
around about 100 000 students, have already made applications using that
process. Over one million people have registered on the ServiceWA app and 60 000
have gone forward and applied for this cost-of-living payment. If the member is
watching social media, he should watch it more carefully because he will see
that Western Australians love the WA student assistance payment and are
continuing to get behind us by getting online to get the payment that they
deserve.
only is the opposition opposing cost-of-living measures for Western Australians,
but it is also now the megaphone for the conspiracy theorists and the ''cookers''.
That is the calibre of people opposite. The sorry mob opposite us is so
desperate to attract attention that it looks at the bots and trolls that occupy
a lot of social media space and decide to back them. The member for Roe is
backing the wrong horse. I suggest that he gets behind the Minister for
Education and the great work that he is doing. The minister has made it very
clear that people can access these payments through a range of measures, but we
have been at pains to point out that the most effective and quickest way for
people to get these payments with the most integrity is through the ServiceWA
app. As of this afternoon, almost 60 000 Western Australians, representing
around about 100 000 students, have already made applications using that
process. Over one million people have registered on the ServiceWA app and 60 000
have gone forward and applied for this cost-of-living payment. If the member is
watching social media, he should watch it more carefully because he will see
that Western Australians love the WA student assistance payment and are
continuing to get behind us by getting online to get the payment that they
deserve.
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