❓ The Minister for Housing and Works details steps to expedite public housing delivery, highlighting the New Living program and reduced contract approval times, while criticizing the opposition's past performance.
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PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK
Can the minister advise the house what steps her department is undertaking to speed up its delivery of government houses? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
Can the minister advise the house what steps her department is undertaking to speed up its delivery of government houses? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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Since the Labor Party has been in government, an outstanding job has been done to improve the quality of public housing stock. Most members will be familiar with the New Living program. New Living has been the biggest urban renewal program ever undertaken in Western Australia. Some 33 metropolitan and country communities have already benefited from the New Living program. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: Since the Labor Party has been in government, an outstanding job has been done to improve the quality of public housing stock. Most members will be familiar with the New Living program. New Living has been the biggest urban renewal program ever undertaken in Western Australia. Some 33 metropolitan and country communities have already benefited from the New Living program. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Since the Labor Party has been in government, an outstanding job has been done to improve the quality of public housing stock. Most members will be familiar with the New Living program. New Living has been the biggest urban renewal program ever undertaken in Western Australia. Some 33 metropolitan and country communities have already benefited from the New Living program. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: Since the Labor Party has been in government, an outstanding job has been done to improve the quality of public housing stock. Most members will be familiar with the New Living program. New Living has been the biggest urban renewal program ever undertaken in Western Australia. Some 33 metropolitan and country communities have already benefited from the New Living program. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Since the Labor Party has been in government, an outstanding job has been done to improve the quality of public housing stock. Most members will be familiar with the New Living program. New Living has been the biggest urban renewal program ever undertaken in Western Australia. Some 33 metropolitan and country communities have already benefited from the New Living program. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That is arrant nonsense from the member for Nedlands. If members opposite were honest about the origin of the idea, they would accept that it originated with the member for Fremantle when he was minister for housing prior to the Liberal Party’s term in government. Members opposite should not try to take credit for a Labor initiative. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Members opposite are sensitive about this issue for this reason - Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Dawesville! Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for South Perth! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When the Liberal Party was in government, it failed to deliver significantly on public housing needs. We are now at the stage at which we have the best possible public housing stock that we have ever had in this state. The urban renewal programs have been sensational. However, we now need to grow our public housing stock. Over the next year, 850 properties will be procured, and the government will ensure that those homes will be made available as soon as possible. To help Western Australians move into public housing more quickly, the Carpenter government has changed the way it does business. Since May this year, it has introduced a new benchmark for the time taken to award state housing contracts; the time has been reduced from 51 days to just 21 days. That is a reduction of more than 50 per cent. Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Ask Greg Joyce. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : That was an inane interjection. The member for Dawesville said that I should ask Greg Joyce. Does the member know when he retired? Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Yes, I do. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : When did he retire? Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Dr K.D. Hames : Three or four years ago. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : What nonsense! The new benchmark was put in place in May this year. We are reducing the time it takes for approvals by more than 50 per cent to 21 days. With building costs rising at about one per cent a month, the streamlined approvals process can assist to reduce the cost of housing construction. Since we introduced the new benchmark in May, the time for approvals has been reduced to 21 days, which is a reduction of more than 50 per cent, and 78 per cent of our tenders have been processed more quickly within that new time frame. However, we aim to do better. Over the next few months we should be able to get 90 per cent of all new tenders to comply with the new 21-day benchmark. Unlike members opposite, who are frozen in time, we are continually raising the bar for public housing in Western Australia. We are committed to make more public housing available more quickly and to slash the amount of red tape that must be dealt with.
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