❓ Ms Davies questions the Minister for Health about potential government takeover of ambulance services, prompted by a union recommendation. The Minister avoids a direct answer, focusing on current COVID response and support for existing ambulance personnel.
AnsweredQoN 327Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION — DELIVERY OF AMBULANCE SERVICES IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA: CRITICAL CONDITION
327. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister rule out bringing the ambulance service into government
hands, as has been recommended or promoted by United Workers Union national
ambulance coordinator, Fiona Scalon?
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION — DELIVERY OF AMBULANCE SERVICES IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA: CRITICAL CONDITION
327. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister rule out bringing the ambulance service into government
hands, as has been recommended or promoted by United Workers Union national
ambulance coordinator, Fiona Scalon?
AnswerView source ↗
I suggest that the Leader of the
Opposition pull herself out of the conspiracy rabbit hole and start looking at
the circumstances that the community is facing right now—and that is
our COVID response. My priority as minister is to work with St John to make
sure that we are providing the best ambulance service in the world. That is my priority. We have the best paramedics in the
world. We have the best call-takers in the world, and they deal with some of the most extraordinarily difficult circumstances. That is the support they
need right now, and that is the support they will get from me as health
minister.
Opposition pull herself out of the conspiracy rabbit hole and start looking at
the circumstances that the community is facing right now—and that is
our COVID response. My priority as minister is to work with St John to make
sure that we are providing the best ambulance service in the world. That is my priority. We have the best paramedics in the
world. We have the best call-takers in the world, and they deal with some of the most extraordinarily difficult circumstances. That is the support they
need right now, and that is the support they will get from me as health
minister.
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