❓ Question regarding WA border opening strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Premier responding defensively and attacking the Liberal Party's stance and internal issues.
AnsweredQoN 753Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — HOTSPOT PLAN
753. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for Housing, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS : Based on the Premier's answers, does he
rule out opening the border to some states and not others or will the Premier insist on opening the border only when it
can be opened to all states at the same time?
753. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Mr P.C. Tinley interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for Housing, I call you to order
for the first time.
Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS : Based on the Premier's answers, does he
rule out opening the border to some states and not others or will the Premier insist on opening the border only when it
can be opened to all states at the same time?
AnswerView source ↗
We will follow the health advice. We will follow what the
Chief Health Officer advises us to do. The Liberal Party seems to be in this
sort of zone that somehow New South Wales is the gold standard. In terms of job
advertisements, New South Wales went backwards 20 per cent; we went forwards
10.6 per cent, but somehow New South Wales is the gold standard! New South
Wales has had outbreaks all over the place. New South Wales has had closures of
all parts of industry across its state. In New South Wales, people cannot
actually stand up and drink an alcoholic drink—did members know that?
People cannot dance. People cannot drink. It is like Cromwellian England over
there! I suspect the member opposite cannot dance at all. But it is like
Cromwellian England in New South Wales at
the moment; however, here, people can sing and dance and the pubs and
restaurants and bars are going gangbusters . The tourism industry is going well. But for some reason, the Liberal
Party in this state wants to ruin all that. It has this inane and insane
desire to ruin everything that we have in Western Australia. For some reason,
in the Liberal Party's hatred of the
state government, in its effort to score political points and in its support of
Clive Palmer , all the Liberal Party ever wants to do is tear down what
has worked. It has these destructive, anarchic tendencies to create some sort
of Cromwellian England in Western Australia and we will resist it.
An opposition member interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Why does that member never get a question?
I heard that the member for Churchlands was going to be made
the shadow Treasurer and that the member for Bateman was going to be demoted.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mr M. McGOWAN : My great suspicion is this —
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mrs A.K. Hayden : Call him to order!
The SPEAKER : Excuse me! I will control this chamber,
hopefully!
Point of Order
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : Thank
you very much, Mr Speaker. I believe the Premier is diverging off the question.
I ask that his answer be relevant to the question that was asked by member for
Hillarys.
The SPEAKER : The member did keep interjecting, which
put himself in the spotlight. I cannot help that. This is not a point of order.
Premier, continue.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Maybe the opposition
can clarify whether the member for Churchlands is going to become the shadow
Treasurer and the member for Bateman is going to be demoted. That is what we
understand is going on in the Liberal Party because the Leader of the
Opposition is so frightened of the member for Bateman, and he does not deny it.
I note that he does not deny it. That is worth noting, everyone.
Chief Health Officer advises us to do. The Liberal Party seems to be in this
sort of zone that somehow New South Wales is the gold standard. In terms of job
advertisements, New South Wales went backwards 20 per cent; we went forwards
10.6 per cent, but somehow New South Wales is the gold standard! New South
Wales has had outbreaks all over the place. New South Wales has had closures of
all parts of industry across its state. In New South Wales, people cannot
actually stand up and drink an alcoholic drink—did members know that?
People cannot dance. People cannot drink. It is like Cromwellian England over
there! I suspect the member opposite cannot dance at all. But it is like
Cromwellian England in New South Wales at
the moment; however, here, people can sing and dance and the pubs and
restaurants and bars are going gangbusters . The tourism industry is going well. But for some reason, the Liberal
Party in this state wants to ruin all that. It has this inane and insane
desire to ruin everything that we have in Western Australia. For some reason,
in the Liberal Party's hatred of the
state government, in its effort to score political points and in its support of
Clive Palmer , all the Liberal Party ever wants to do is tear down what
has worked. It has these destructive, anarchic tendencies to create some sort
of Cromwellian England in Western Australia and we will resist it.
An opposition member interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Why does that member never get a question?
I heard that the member for Churchlands was going to be made
the shadow Treasurer and that the member for Bateman was going to be demoted.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mr M. McGOWAN : My great suspicion is this —
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mrs A.K. Hayden : Call him to order!
The SPEAKER : Excuse me! I will control this chamber,
hopefully!
Point of Order
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : Thank
you very much, Mr Speaker. I believe the Premier is diverging off the question.
I ask that his answer be relevant to the question that was asked by member for
Hillarys.
The SPEAKER : The member did keep interjecting, which
put himself in the spotlight. I cannot help that. This is not a point of order.
Premier, continue.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Maybe the opposition
can clarify whether the member for Churchlands is going to become the shadow
Treasurer and the member for Bateman is going to be demoted. That is what we
understand is going on in the Liberal Party because the Leader of the
Opposition is so frightened of the member for Bateman, and he does not deny it.
I note that he does not deny it. That is worth noting, everyone.
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