❓ Question on police workers' compensation. Minister avoids direct answer, criticizes Bill Shorten and past Liberal government's record on police support, stating current government is addressing inadequacies and negotiating with the Police Union.
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POLICE - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
I acknowledge three of my former colleagues, Gary Clune, Andrew Hookham and Denis Trew, in the public gallery. I refer the minister to the condemnation that the Carpenter government received from Australian Workers’ Union national secretary and future ALP leader Bill Shorten for not giving police workers’ compensation. Will the Carpenter government support the Liberal Party’s legislation to provide workers’ compensation to police and to ensure that our police officers are able to pursue a life of dignity without an ever-present worry over the affordability of essential professional services? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
I acknowledge three of my former colleagues, Gary Clune, Andrew Hookham and Denis Trew, in the public gallery. I refer the minister to the condemnation that the Carpenter government received from Australian Workers’ Union national secretary and future ALP leader Bill Shorten for not giving police workers’ compensation. Will the Carpenter government support the Liberal Party’s legislation to provide workers’ compensation to police and to ensure that our police officers are able to pursue a life of dignity without an ever-present worry over the affordability of essential professional services? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
I refer the minister to the condemnation that the Carpenter government received from Australian Workers’ Union national secretary and future ALP leader Bill Shorten for not giving police workers’ compensation. Will the Carpenter government support the Liberal Party’s legislation to provide workers’ compensation to police and to ensure that our police officers are able to pursue a life of dignity without an ever-present worry over the affordability of essential professional services? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
I refer the minister to the condemnation that the Carpenter government received from Australian Workers’ Union national secretary and future ALP leader Bill Shorten for not giving police workers’ compensation. Will the Carpenter government support the Liberal Party’s legislation to provide workers’ compensation to police and to ensure that our police officers are able to pursue a life of dignity without an ever-present worry over the affordability of essential professional services? Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
I thank the member for the question. The fact is that I have known Bill Shorten for some little time and I do not think he is a man whose opinion I have great respect for. I put that very clearly on the record. That has nothing to do with the police and his presence in this state; it goes to other matters. I have not found Mr Shorten to be a man whose opinion I have a great deal of respect for. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : The government has certainly seen the need to fix up a range of issues with WA Police. We inherited a police force in WA that needed an increase in officer numbers. The Liberal Party, in its last four years in government, did not employ one additional police officer. In the eight years of the Liberal government, it cared so little for our police that it would not ensure that the requirements of occupational safety and health - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for South Perth to order for the second time. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : In the eight years that the Liberals were in government, they cared so little for WA police that they did not ensure that occupational safety and health applied to WA police. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : What have you done? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We have done it. We have passed legislation as the previous Minister for Police did - Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : Minister, why don’t you answer the direct question asked of you? Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : Occupational safety and health is about saving police from being injured and not about having to patch them up afterwards. That is why. I would much rather save police from being injured and not have to pay the benefits afterwards. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : A very good interjection and I hope she thinks before she interjects because we want to look after police - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for South Perth to order. Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE : We are dedicated to making sure that we resource and look after our police, not like those opposite who simply used them as a political toy. That is what the Liberals did and they need to change their ways because our police deserve the full support of both sides of this house, not just this side. Members on the other side are happy to impugn the reputation of the police when it suits their political purposes. They are also happy to accuse the Commissioner of Police of being political. We on this side do not do that because we stand by the police and support them. We inherited from the Liberal government inadequate protection for police officers when they leave the service through injuries. The benefits provided to them have been inadequate and we would like to see that fixed. In that regard we will negotiate with the Police Union to see that that is done. It is a part of their current pay claim and we would like to see that inadequacy addressed. Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order.
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