❓ Mr. Logan questions Minister Buswell on the lack of occupational safety and health training within the Department of Housing. Minister Buswell deflects, questioning Logan's past performance and prioritising housing construction over the training issue.
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WORKCOVER – Department of Housing — occupational safety and health training
I ask a supplementary question. Minister, this was the subject of a question on notice that the minister’s office signed off on. It was also the subject of a commitment that the minister gave to the ministerial council. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Cockburn, there is no preamble to a supplementary at all. Do you have a question? Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
I ask a supplementary question. Minister, this was the subject of a question on notice that the minister’s office signed off on. It was also the subject of a commitment that the minister gave to the ministerial council. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Cockburn, there is no preamble to a supplementary at all. Do you have a question? Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Cockburn, there is no preamble to a supplementary at all. Do you have a question? Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Cockburn, there is no preamble to a supplementary at all. Do you have a question? Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I do, Mr Speaker. I would like to know two things: why is the minister not over the detail; and is the minister going to direct the heads of those departments to get on and do the training that they are committed to do? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Some people drown in the weeds, and some people get on with stuff. Okay? Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr F.M. Logan : So, is occupational safety and health not important? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I have just told the member that I will follow it up with the departmental heads. I will tell the member again. I meet with Michelle Reynolds every few weeks. I have asked her repeatedly how we are going with the review of workers’ compensation in WA. It is going well. I meet Grahame Searle from the Department of Housing nearly every Monday. I have never asked him that question. That is because I want him to build the 2 700 new social housing dwellings in Western Australia; I want him to deliver the 400 houses for Government Regional Officers’ Housing; and I want him to build the 72 houses that we have committed to the commonwealth to deliver in remote Aboriginal communities. The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
The member talks about being across the detail. I remember when the member was a minister and sat in either this seat or the seat next to me. I think the member went to Varanus Island. It blew up! Does the member remember that? Talk about being across the detail! The member came back and said, “I have been to Varanus Island, and a pipe exploded”! I mean, heaven forbid!
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