❓ Hon Robyn McSweeney asks about the government's intention to move 60 Aboriginal families into Manjimup, given job losses. Hon Tom Stephens denies the claim, calling it an unfounded rumour that harms the community.
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MANJIMUP, ABORIGINAL FAMILIES
Will the minister confirm that it is the Government’s intention to move 60 Aboriginal families into Manjimup? The people of Manjimup are very concerned, with up to 4 000 job losses, that people may be coming into the area when work is unavailable. Hon TOM STEPHENS
Will the minister confirm that it is the Government’s intention to move 60 Aboriginal families into Manjimup? The people of Manjimup are very concerned, with up to 4 000 job losses, that people may be coming into the area when work is unavailable. Hon TOM STEPHENS
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The member raises a concern that was raised with me when I was in Manjimup yesterday. The concern is unfounded. What is of concern to me, however, is that sometimes concerns become the perceived reality, and that then becomes the circumstance with which the community is dealing. I have been in this job for 20 years and have watched members articulate that type of concern about endless numbers of communities in this State, at times often for extraneous political reasons and at times for other reasons. They create a concern within a community that becomes that community’s perception and then impacts on the life of the community. It was put to me yesterday by a person who believed that this was about to happen, and I was able to explain to him in two words - which I will not repeat because they were unparliamentary - that it was not correct. Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The member raises a concern that was raised with me when I was in Manjimup yesterday. The concern is unfounded. What is of concern to me, however, is that sometimes concerns become the perceived reality, and that then becomes the circumstance with which the community is dealing. I have been in this job for 20 years and have watched members articulate that type of concern about endless numbers of communities in this State, at times often for extraneous political reasons and at times for other reasons. They create a concern within a community that becomes that community’s perception and then impacts on the life of the community. It was put to me yesterday by a person who believed that this was about to happen, and I was able to explain to him in two words - which I will not repeat because they were unparliamentary - that it was not correct. Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
The member raises a concern that was raised with me when I was in Manjimup yesterday. The concern is unfounded. What is of concern to me, however, is that sometimes concerns become the perceived reality, and that then becomes the circumstance with which the community is dealing. I have been in this job for 20 years and have watched members articulate that type of concern about endless numbers of communities in this State, at times often for extraneous political reasons and at times for other reasons. They create a concern within a community that becomes that community’s perception and then impacts on the life of the community. It was put to me yesterday by a person who believed that this was about to happen, and I was able to explain to him in two words - which I will not repeat because they were unparliamentary - that it was not correct. Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The member raises a concern that was raised with me when I was in Manjimup yesterday. The concern is unfounded. What is of concern to me, however, is that sometimes concerns become the perceived reality, and that then becomes the circumstance with which the community is dealing. I have been in this job for 20 years and have watched members articulate that type of concern about endless numbers of communities in this State, at times often for extraneous political reasons and at times for other reasons. They create a concern within a community that becomes that community’s perception and then impacts on the life of the community. It was put to me yesterday by a person who believed that this was about to happen, and I was able to explain to him in two words - which I will not repeat because they were unparliamentary - that it was not correct. Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
The member raises a concern that was raised with me when I was in Manjimup yesterday. The concern is unfounded. What is of concern to me, however, is that sometimes concerns become the perceived reality, and that then becomes the circumstance with which the community is dealing. I have been in this job for 20 years and have watched members articulate that type of concern about endless numbers of communities in this State, at times often for extraneous political reasons and at times for other reasons. They create a concern within a community that becomes that community’s perception and then impacts on the life of the community. It was put to me yesterday by a person who believed that this was about to happen, and I was able to explain to him in two words - which I will not repeat because they were unparliamentary - that it was not correct. Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Simon O’Brien: Was the second word “off”? Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: No. Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Robyn McSweeney: Aboriginal communities are treated very well in Manjimup. The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is struggling to complete his answer, which he has done in his first sentence. Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Peter Foss: The real answer comes tomorrow. Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon W.N. Stretch: It is the Government’s intention, isn’t it? Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Fortunately, I have the opportunity to answer the member’s question in these terms: the answer is no. The people who peddle that type of story in a community do the community a great disservice. Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon Robyn McSweeney: It has 4 000 job losses. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Manjimup was in a positive mood when I was there yesterday. It was in an absolutely fantastic state. It was a terrific community and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people there. It is a great community and it was a great morning tea. The member’s task, as is ours, is to work with her community and build on its positivism of which I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that the member does nothing to destroy the fabric of the positivism in Manjimup by peddling untruths.
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