❓ WA parliament questions the federal government's decision to remove emergency response crews from regional airports, citing hypocrisy in light of counter-terrorism spending and potential vulnerability to attacks.
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Given the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar commitment to alerting the community to counter-terrorism, will the minister explain the logic for it removing front-line emergency response crews from regional airports in the north west of Western Australia that are vulnerable to a possible attack? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
Given the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar commitment to alerting the community to counter-terrorism, will the minister explain the logic for it removing front-line emergency response crews from regional airports in the north west of Western Australia that are vulnerable to a possible attack? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Eyre for the question and also for some notice of it. The blatant hypocrisy of the federal Government on this issue is just outstanding. Its plan is to remove specialist on-site fire and rescue services. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Eyre for the question and also for some notice of it. The blatant hypocrisy of the federal Government on this issue is just outstanding. Its plan is to remove specialist on-site fire and rescue services. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
I thank the member for Eyre for the question and also for some notice of it. The blatant hypocrisy of the federal Government on this issue is just outstanding. Its plan is to remove specialist on-site fire and rescue services. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Eyre for the question and also for some notice of it. The blatant hypocrisy of the federal Government on this issue is just outstanding. Its plan is to remove specialist on-site fire and rescue services. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
I thank the member for Eyre for the question and also for some notice of it. The blatant hypocrisy of the federal Government on this issue is just outstanding. Its plan is to remove specialist on-site fire and rescue services. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Dry your eyes, princess! This is a serious issue. The issue here is that the federal Government plans to remove essential emergency services from both the Karratha and Port Hedland airports on 1 May this year. It is a piece of awful cost cutting by the federal minister, Wilson Tuckey. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: He is saying that only airports with passenger movements totalling 350 000 per annum will now be entitled to those essential services. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: In Western Australia, those services have traditionally been provided at federal airports - at Perth airport, at Karratha and also at Port Hedland. However, because of the lack of passenger movements, as the federal Government sees it, the plan is now to remove those essential services from both Karratha and Port Hedland. This will mean that travellers - no doubt including you, Mr Speaker, as the member for Burrup - will be exposed and vulnerable because of this federal Government cost cutting. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Kalgoorlie! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Yet again, it will strip regional areas of essential services. The fact is that the services to be removed are provided by our front-line emergency crews that would respond in the case of an accidental fire or emergency or if there were some form of sabotage or terrorist attack. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
The SPEAKER: Member for Nedlands! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: The hypocrisy of this is blatant. John Howard and the federal Government are all too keen to promote themselves and to take credit for a $25 billion gas deal on the Burrup. However, at the same time they are removing those basic fire and rescue services at Karratha and Port Hedland. I can only reiterate that the hypocrisy is breathtaking. We have seen the federal Government’s multimillion-dollar counter-terrorism advertising campaign. It is all form and no content. On the one hand, the federal Government has millions of dollars to spend on advertisements about counter-terrorism; on the other hand, it is removing basic services from areas in regional Western Australia such as Karratha and Port Hedland. Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Ms S.E. Walker: What are you doing with the police? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: What am I doing with the police? There are 250 extra police officers and $70 million extra funding, and the service has never been better off.
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