❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister for Police regarding perceived preferential treatment given to a wealthy individual entering WA from the UK, contrasting it with restrictions faced by ordinary Western Australians. The Minister deflects responsibility to the federal government and defends the state's COVID-19 response.
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CORONAVIRUS
— POLICE — G2G PASS
409. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
The question was about the transparency of the process. What was the rationale
behind the recent decision to allow a multimillionaire hedge fund founder who
entered WA from the UK being, and I quote from news.com.au —
� allowed to skip out on mandatory
hotel quarantine after three days to attend his father's funeral.
Why are ordinary Western Australians
on the east coast, with the same cause, being barred from returning home at
all?
The SPEAKER : I am not sure
how many warnings I need to give you, but my patience is really wearing thin. Y ou
have introduced new material into your supplementary question, which you are
not supposed to do. I will ask the minister to respond.
— POLICE — G2G PASS
409. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question.
The question was about the transparency of the process. What was the rationale
behind the recent decision to allow a multimillionaire hedge fund founder who
entered WA from the UK being, and I quote from news.com.au —
� allowed to skip out on mandatory
hotel quarantine after three days to attend his father's funeral.
Why are ordinary Western Australians
on the east coast, with the same cause, being barred from returning home at
all?
The SPEAKER : I am not sure
how many warnings I need to give you, but my patience is really wearing thin. Y ou
have introduced new material into your supplementary question, which you are
not supposed to do. I will ask the minister to respond.
AnswerView source ↗
As the member knows, the
international border is the responsibility of the federal government. The
federal government allowed that individual
to return to Australia. That aside, it is very disappointing that the member
appears to be determined to undermine
our capacity to defend Western Australia against COVID-19. He appears
determined to undermine confidence in our system, which has served us so
well. I point out, with respect to that individual, it is an operational matter
and it is controlled by the police. I would not have a clue why that individual
was managed in the way that he was. I can confirm that he went straight back
into hotel quarantine. There is no such thing as an individual being allowed to ''skip out''. I am aware in
this case, because it has been in the media, that when he attended the
funeral, he was 40 metres away from his family and others who attended the
funeral. It is pretty low that the member would choose this matter of an
individual attending a funeral; that aside —
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The SPEAKER : I thank the
Minister for Police for his excellent answer. It is very clear to me.
I ask the member for Swan Hills to
move on to the next question.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Yeah!
international border is the responsibility of the federal government. The
federal government allowed that individual
to return to Australia. That aside, it is very disappointing that the member
appears to be determined to undermine
our capacity to defend Western Australia against COVID-19. He appears
determined to undermine confidence in our system, which has served us so
well. I point out, with respect to that individual, it is an operational matter
and it is controlled by the police. I would not have a clue why that individual
was managed in the way that he was. I can confirm that he went straight back
into hotel quarantine. There is no such thing as an individual being allowed to ''skip out''. I am aware in
this case, because it has been in the media, that when he attended the
funeral, he was 40 metres away from his family and others who attended the
funeral. It is pretty low that the member would choose this matter of an
individual attending a funeral; that aside —
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The SPEAKER : I thank the
Minister for Police for his excellent answer. It is very clear to me.
I ask the member for Swan Hills to
move on to the next question.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Yeah!
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