❓ Perth Stadium—Naming rights 494. Mr Peter Rundle to the Premier: I refer to the Perth Stadium naming rights, which were sold by the Premier's government to Optus for $50 million. (1) Given Optus's rep
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Perth Stadium—Naming rights
494. Mr Peter Rundle to
the Premier:
I refer to the Perth
Stadium naming rights, which were sold by the Premier's government to Optus for
$50 million.
(1) Given Optus's repeated failures as a corporate
citizen, including significant data breaches and a 000 system fault that
tragically resulted in the deaths of two Western Australians, will the Premier
act immediately to revoke Optus's naming rights and return the stadium's
rightful name to Perth Stadium?
(2) If the Premier does not intend to take this
action, why not?
494. Mr Peter Rundle to
the Premier:
I refer to the Perth
Stadium naming rights, which were sold by the Premier's government to Optus for
$50 million.
(1) Given Optus's repeated failures as a corporate
citizen, including significant data breaches and a 000 system fault that
tragically resulted in the deaths of two Western Australians, will the Premier
act immediately to revoke Optus's naming rights and return the stadium's
rightful name to Perth Stadium?
(2) If the Premier does not intend to take this
action, why not?
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(1)–(2) I remember the WA Labor government
sold the naming rights to the stadium because we were in a state of budget
repair because the Liberal–National government destroyed the state's
finances. The reason that we sold the naming rights to the company in this case
was that it was part of a process to repair the damage that the member's
government did to the people of Western Australia.
I note there has been a lot of
commentary on the other side in respect of the naming rights of the stadium,
but I have to be honest with you; I am more concerned about the fact that
people were unable to get through to a 000 call centre than I am about which
company pens its sign on what building where. I think there are more important
issues here today, and that is why we are working with the Commonwealth
government to ensure that it can undertake the appropriate inquiries to
understand what happened in these particular circumstances and to ensure that
it does not happen again.
sold the naming rights to the stadium because we were in a state of budget
repair because the Liberal–National government destroyed the state's
finances. The reason that we sold the naming rights to the company in this case
was that it was part of a process to repair the damage that the member's
government did to the people of Western Australia.
I note there has been a lot of
commentary on the other side in respect of the naming rights of the stadium,
but I have to be honest with you; I am more concerned about the fact that
people were unable to get through to a 000 call centre than I am about which
company pens its sign on what building where. I think there are more important
issues here today, and that is why we are working with the Commonwealth
government to ensure that it can undertake the appropriate inquiries to
understand what happened in these particular circumstances and to ensure that
it does not happen again.
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