❓ Mr. Catania questions the Premier about matching the Nationals' commitment to rebuild Laverton Hospital and reinstate previously allocated funding. The Premier deflects, focusing on the previous government's debt and questioning their allocation of resources.
AnsweredQoN 149Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOSPITALS —
RESOURCES — LAVERTON HOSPITAL
149. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
(1) Will the
Premier today match the Nationals' commitment to rebuild Laverton Hospital
and reinstate the funding it had allocated in the 2016 budget before the Labor Party
ripped it out upon coming to power?
(2) Will the
Premier commit to Laverton Hospital?
RESOURCES — LAVERTON HOSPITAL
149. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
(1) Will the
Premier today match the Nationals' commitment to rebuild Laverton Hospital
and reinstate the funding it had allocated in the 2016 budget before the Labor Party
ripped it out upon coming to power?
(2) Will the
Premier commit to Laverton Hospital?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) The
last government —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member
for North West Central, you asked a question; you are shouting across the
chamber at someone else.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The last
government took Western Australia's debt levels from a little over $3 billion
to nearly $40 billion.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Thirty-two.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The opposition
keeps saying it was $32 billion, but it was more than $40 billion across the
forward estimates.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : According to
their argument, they took it from $3.6 billion to $32 billion and that is a good
outcome!
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am
responding to an interjection.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I got an
interjection from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. She is saying that the
opposition took us to only $32 billion of debt!
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The question was: will the Premier match the Nationals'
commitment to rebuild Laverton Hospital—yes or no?
The SPEAKER : Member, it is not a point of order.
Someone from your side of the chamber made a quote to the Premier, who is just
answering it.
Mr M.
McGOWAN : I cannot help it if the Liberal Party interjects on me.
According to the opposition, it is $32 billion of debt that it created for Western
Australia.
Mr
V.A. CATANIA : I have a point of
order, Mr Speaker. I have asked a supplementary question; not another member.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order. I will call you to order if you keep getting up.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr M. McGOWAN : I might also
add that during the course of the last government, the royalties for regions
fund had $8 billion in it, yet it was unable to find $16 million for Laverton
Hospital.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : If it did, why
is it not built?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : National Party,
what is going on over there? It is a shouting match.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Out of the $8 billion
that the National Party, through its separate budgeting process, had to spend
during the last government—remember there were two budgets—it
was unable to find $16.5 million for Laverton Hospital. That is obviously an
important project.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call the
member for North West Central for the first time.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : We understand it is
an important project. It is currently a project that the government is
examining.
last government —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Member
for North West Central, you asked a question; you are shouting across the
chamber at someone else.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The last
government took Western Australia's debt levels from a little over $3 billion
to nearly $40 billion.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Thirty-two.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The opposition
keeps saying it was $32 billion, but it was more than $40 billion across the
forward estimates.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : According to
their argument, they took it from $3.6 billion to $32 billion and that is a good
outcome!
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am
responding to an interjection.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I got an
interjection from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. She is saying that the
opposition took us to only $32 billion of debt!
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The question was: will the Premier match the Nationals'
commitment to rebuild Laverton Hospital—yes or no?
The SPEAKER : Member, it is not a point of order.
Someone from your side of the chamber made a quote to the Premier, who is just
answering it.
Mr M.
McGOWAN : I cannot help it if the Liberal Party interjects on me.
According to the opposition, it is $32 billion of debt that it created for Western
Australia.
Mr
V.A. CATANIA : I have a point of
order, Mr Speaker. I have asked a supplementary question; not another member.
The SPEAKER : It is not a point
of order. I will call you to order if you keep getting up.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr M. McGOWAN : I might also
add that during the course of the last government, the royalties for regions
fund had $8 billion in it, yet it was unable to find $16 million for Laverton
Hospital.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : If it did, why
is it not built?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : National Party,
what is going on over there? It is a shouting match.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Out of the $8 billion
that the National Party, through its separate budgeting process, had to spend
during the last government—remember there were two budgets—it
was unable to find $16.5 million for Laverton Hospital. That is obviously an
important project.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : I call the
member for North West Central for the first time.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : We understand it is
an important project. It is currently a project that the government is
examining.
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