❓ Ms. Mettam questions the progress of the Women's and Babies' Hospital project, despite allocated funding. The Minister defends the government's planning process and criticizes the opposition's past performance.
AnsweredQoN 71Legislative Assembly
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WOMEN'S AND
BABIES' HOSPITAL
71. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. In
December 2020, the minister's government announced $1.8 billion would
be set aside for this hospital. How is it that more than two years later, the
government has managed to do absolutely nothing and commit to the current King
Edward Memorial Hospital for Women?
BABIES' HOSPITAL
71. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. In
December 2020, the minister's government announced $1.8 billion would
be set aside for this hospital. How is it that more than two years later, the
government has managed to do absolutely nothing and commit to the current King
Edward Memorial Hospital for Women?
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I
pity the community if the Leader of the Liberal Party ever ends up being the
Minister for Health with such a shallow understanding of what it is to
build complex infrastructure in Western Australia on a site that already has
infrastructure on the site. We are well progressed with the women's and
newborns' hospital. Good execution is all in the planning. You can have the best idea in the world, with the new
Perth Children's Hospital as an example, but everything is in the implementation. We have the
best people in the Department of Health, the Department of Finance and
the North Metropolitan Health Service working through the planning, scoping and
implementation of how we will deliver a world-class women's and newborns'
hospital. We will not make the mistakes that you made, when you could not even
open Perth Children's Hospital. We had to have a change of government.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms A. SANDERSON : I would
like to see this opposition do its own job, do its due diligence and deal with
legislation that comes into this house, let alone giving advice on how
to build complex infrastructure.
pity the community if the Leader of the Liberal Party ever ends up being the
Minister for Health with such a shallow understanding of what it is to
build complex infrastructure in Western Australia on a site that already has
infrastructure on the site. We are well progressed with the women's and
newborns' hospital. Good execution is all in the planning. You can have the best idea in the world, with the new
Perth Children's Hospital as an example, but everything is in the implementation. We have the
best people in the Department of Health, the Department of Finance and
the North Metropolitan Health Service working through the planning, scoping and
implementation of how we will deliver a world-class women's and newborns'
hospital. We will not make the mistakes that you made, when you could not even
open Perth Children's Hospital. We had to have a change of government.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms A. SANDERSON : I would
like to see this opposition do its own job, do its due diligence and deal with
legislation that comes into this house, let alone giving advice on how
to build complex infrastructure.
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