❓ Mr. Johnson questions the Minister for Police and Emergency Services regarding a significant increase in police resignations. The Minister acknowledges higher turnover across the public sector due to economic growth, accusing the opposition of misrepresenting the facts.
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POLICE - RESIGNATIONS
I have a supplementary question. Does the minister accept that the figures he has supplied in an answer to a parliamentary question show that 258 police officers have resigned in the past 12 months, as opposed to 111 in 2001? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
I have a supplementary question. Does the minister accept that the figures he has supplied in an answer to a parliamentary question show that 258 police officers have resigned in the past 12 months, as opposed to 111 in 2001? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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We answered a whole range of questions relating to the full-time equivalents, the number of officers and a whole range of other issues. The opposition can play with those figures to seek to misrepresent the facts. We are well aware that in every area we are having difficulty keeping up the numbers across government. This relates to not only police officers, but also public servants who work for WA Police and public servants who work in nearly all departments. There is a higher turnover than we would like, because the economy is growing at such a great rate. The opposition is so negative that it sees a 14 per cent economic growth rate and a three per cent unemployment rate as bad news. We do not, and we will deal with the challenges. Although it is not an official document, I indicated that I was happy to table the little notes I was using for those figures. [See paper 2013.]
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: We answered a whole range of questions relating to the full-time equivalents, the number of officers and a whole range of other issues. The opposition can play with those figures to seek to misrepresent the facts. We are well aware that in every area we are having difficulty keeping up the numbers across government. This relates to not only police officers, but also public servants who work for WA Police and public servants who work in nearly all departments. There is a higher turnover than we would like, because the economy is growing at such a great rate. The opposition is so negative that it sees a 14 per cent economic growth rate and a three per cent unemployment rate as bad news. We do not, and we will deal with the challenges. Although it is not an official document, I indicated that I was happy to table the little notes I was using for those figures. [See paper 2013.]
We answered a whole range of questions relating to the full-time equivalents, the number of officers and a whole range of other issues. The opposition can play with those figures to seek to misrepresent the facts. We are well aware that in every area we are having difficulty keeping up the numbers across government. This relates to not only police officers, but also public servants who work for WA Police and public servants who work in nearly all departments. There is a higher turnover than we would like, because the economy is growing at such a great rate. The opposition is so negative that it sees a 14 per cent economic growth rate and a three per cent unemployment rate as bad news. We do not, and we will deal with the challenges. Although it is not an official document, I indicated that I was happy to table the little notes I was using for those figures. [See paper 2013.]
[See paper 2013.]
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: We answered a whole range of questions relating to the full-time equivalents, the number of officers and a whole range of other issues. The opposition can play with those figures to seek to misrepresent the facts. We are well aware that in every area we are having difficulty keeping up the numbers across government. This relates to not only police officers, but also public servants who work for WA Police and public servants who work in nearly all departments. There is a higher turnover than we would like, because the economy is growing at such a great rate. The opposition is so negative that it sees a 14 per cent economic growth rate and a three per cent unemployment rate as bad news. We do not, and we will deal with the challenges. Although it is not an official document, I indicated that I was happy to table the little notes I was using for those figures. [See paper 2013.]
We answered a whole range of questions relating to the full-time equivalents, the number of officers and a whole range of other issues. The opposition can play with those figures to seek to misrepresent the facts. We are well aware that in every area we are having difficulty keeping up the numbers across government. This relates to not only police officers, but also public servants who work for WA Police and public servants who work in nearly all departments. There is a higher turnover than we would like, because the economy is growing at such a great rate. The opposition is so negative that it sees a 14 per cent economic growth rate and a three per cent unemployment rate as bad news. We do not, and we will deal with the challenges. Although it is not an official document, I indicated that I was happy to table the little notes I was using for those figures. [See paper 2013.]
[See paper 2013.]
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