❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier about transport access to the Centre for National Resilience, suggesting a bus service. The Premier defends the government's housing and homelessness initiatives, dismissing the opposition's suggestion as simplistic.
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HOUSING — CENTRE FOR NATIONAL RESILIENCE
912. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. The facility itself is on Tonkin Highway, a bit
over a half an hour out of the CBD , and if transport is an issue, why
will the Premier not get the Minister for Transport to put a bus on?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Members!
912. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. The facility itself is on Tonkin Highway, a bit
over a half an hour out of the CBD , and if transport is an issue, why
will the Premier not get the Minister for Transport to put a bus on?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Members!
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate from
the Leader of the Opposition that what he is describing simplistically is —
Ms S. Winton interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Wanneroo, your interjections are becoming repetitive. Please allow the Premier
to speak uninterrupted.
Mr R.H. COOK : The member for
Wanneroo is going back to her old ways!
My government is doing everything
we can and throwing everything at it, to quote the Minister for Housing, in
relation to housing supply and homelessness support. We have invested $2.6 billion
in housing and homelessness initiatives as part of our evidence-based Housing
First approach. This will deliver 4 000 homes. A total of 1 600 social homes
have already been built with another 1 000 under construction. In this year
alone, $225 million has been allocated to support homelessness initiatives,
including supporting more than 130 organisations to deliver critical
homelessness services. As many members will be aware, we brought in
nation-leading planning reforms and we have done a range of things such as our
headworks grants funding arrangements. We continue to look at ways that we can
increase the availability of land and bring that on sooner. We are doing
everything that is possible for housing in Western Australia. Our $10 000
short-stay housing accommodation initiative is providing incentives to people
who are using short-term accommodation rental services and it will bring more
houses into the market to make sure that we ease the pain and the strain on our
housing industry and housing market at the moment. We are doing the things that
count. We are doing those things that will be effective.
We appreciate that the simplistic
argument that the Leader of the Opposition raises may be attractive to him, but
they are not solutions for what is a complex problem.
the Leader of the Opposition that what he is describing simplistically is —
Ms S. Winton interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Wanneroo, your interjections are becoming repetitive. Please allow the Premier
to speak uninterrupted.
Mr R.H. COOK : The member for
Wanneroo is going back to her old ways!
My government is doing everything
we can and throwing everything at it, to quote the Minister for Housing, in
relation to housing supply and homelessness support. We have invested $2.6 billion
in housing and homelessness initiatives as part of our evidence-based Housing
First approach. This will deliver 4 000 homes. A total of 1 600 social homes
have already been built with another 1 000 under construction. In this year
alone, $225 million has been allocated to support homelessness initiatives,
including supporting more than 130 organisations to deliver critical
homelessness services. As many members will be aware, we brought in
nation-leading planning reforms and we have done a range of things such as our
headworks grants funding arrangements. We continue to look at ways that we can
increase the availability of land and bring that on sooner. We are doing
everything that is possible for housing in Western Australia. Our $10 000
short-stay housing accommodation initiative is providing incentives to people
who are using short-term accommodation rental services and it will bring more
houses into the market to make sure that we ease the pain and the strain on our
housing industry and housing market at the moment. We are doing the things that
count. We are doing those things that will be effective.
We appreciate that the simplistic
argument that the Leader of the Opposition raises may be attractive to him, but
they are not solutions for what is a complex problem.
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