❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier's support for funding the RSPCA, linking it to negative impacts on farmers, regional communities, and animal welfare in live export. The Premier deflects, questioning the Nationals WA's stance on RSPCA funding.
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LIVE EXPORT — ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
399. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, please! Just
pause for a moment, because we have way too many people in here who would love
to answer the question themselves, and I am going to ask you not to comment. We
will have a supplementary and then we will have a response from the Premier.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Thank you,
Madam Speaker.
Can I take from the Premier's
answer that he therefore confirms that he supports using taxpayers'
dollars to continue to fund an organisation that is destined to hurt our
farmers and our regional communities and, ultimately, result in a downgrade of
animal welfare outcomes —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : — in
the international live export supply chain?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Members, please let the Premier respond on all your behalf.
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
399. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, please! Just
pause for a moment, because we have way too many people in here who would love
to answer the question themselves, and I am going to ask you not to comment. We
will have a supplementary and then we will have a response from the Premier.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Thank you,
Madam Speaker.
Can I take from the Premier's
answer that he therefore confirms that he supports using taxpayers'
dollars to continue to fund an organisation that is destined to hurt our
farmers and our regional communities and, ultimately, result in a downgrade of
animal welfare outcomes —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : — in
the international live export supply chain?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Members, please let the Premier respond on all your behalf.
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I
take it the reason the member for Roe did not ask this question is that he has
indicated he wants to continue in the Parliament! Can I ask the member for Roe:
does he endorse the sentiments from the member for Central Wheatbelt?
Mr P.J. Rundle : You're
the one asking the question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Premier, you need to sit on that side of the house to ask the questions. I suggest
you stay where you are!
Mr R.H. COOK : It is a question
that I think is on everybody's lips, because the Nationals WA policy is
that it will defund the RSPCA. The RSPCA does so much good work in our
community. We are not just talking about working with pet owners; it works
throughout industry and the state to make sure that we uphold the values that we hold dear. This is the most appalling question
that I have heard since coming into this role. I wonder whether the member raised this question when they had their party meeting earlier this
week. I wonder whether the Nationals members considered this question in their
party room meeting earlier on Tuesday.
Ms M.J. Davies : Are
rhetorical questions fine?
The SPEAKER : Yes; rhetorical questions are fine.
Mr R.H. COOK : We have heard
questions and stories that they have stopped meeting as a party, so now it is
just the lone ranger out the front, the member for Moore, who will take to the
next election the policy that they will defund the RSPCA.
Mr P.J. Rundle : Point of
order.
The SPEAKER : There is really
no need for a point of order. Premier, it was a supplementary question. They
need to be direct questions, so they need to be fairly direct answers as well.
I think you have strayed, and you have well and truly answered that question.
take it the reason the member for Roe did not ask this question is that he has
indicated he wants to continue in the Parliament! Can I ask the member for Roe:
does he endorse the sentiments from the member for Central Wheatbelt?
Mr P.J. Rundle : You're
the one asking the question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Premier, you need to sit on that side of the house to ask the questions. I suggest
you stay where you are!
Mr R.H. COOK : It is a question
that I think is on everybody's lips, because the Nationals WA policy is
that it will defund the RSPCA. The RSPCA does so much good work in our
community. We are not just talking about working with pet owners; it works
throughout industry and the state to make sure that we uphold the values that we hold dear. This is the most appalling question
that I have heard since coming into this role. I wonder whether the member raised this question when they had their party meeting earlier this
week. I wonder whether the Nationals members considered this question in their
party room meeting earlier on Tuesday.
Ms M.J. Davies : Are
rhetorical questions fine?
The SPEAKER : Yes; rhetorical questions are fine.
Mr R.H. COOK : We have heard
questions and stories that they have stopped meeting as a party, so now it is
just the lone ranger out the front, the member for Moore, who will take to the
next election the policy that they will defund the RSPCA.
Mr P.J. Rundle : Point of
order.
The SPEAKER : There is really
no need for a point of order. Premier, it was a supplementary question. They
need to be direct questions, so they need to be fairly direct answers as well.
I think you have strayed, and you have well and truly answered that question.
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