❓ Ms. Quirk questions the Minister for Emergency Services on the State Emergency Management Committee's preparedness for large-scale emergencies following an Auditor General's report. The Minister acknowledges the report, highlights areas for improvement, and expresses confidence in the current emergency management system.
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STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE — AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT
I refer to the Auditor General’s report tabled today entitled “Coming, Ready or Not: Preparing for Large-scale Emergencies”. Can the minister confirm that the State Emergency Management Committee has not assessed the level of preparedness of the state so that it is not clear how well prepared the state is, overall, for large-scale emergencies? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I refer to the Auditor General’s report tabled today entitled “Coming, Ready or Not: Preparing for Large-scale Emergencies”. Can the minister confirm that the State Emergency Management Committee has not assessed the level of preparedness of the state so that it is not clear how well prepared the state is, overall, for large-scale emergencies? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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That is a good question; I accept that it is a good question. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is a good question; I accept that it is a good question. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
That is a good question; I accept that it is a good question. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: That is a good question; I accept that it is a good question. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
That is a good question; I accept that it is a good question. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It is time the member went on holiday again. In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
In answer to the member for Girrawheen, yes, the Auditor General’s report was handed down today. I had a briefing yesterday with the Auditor General and his staff, who prepared this report. They said that there are no big concerns in Western Australia, because the State Emergency Management Committee is working well. However, they also said that there are areas that could be improved. There are always areas that could be improved. I would suggest that every member in this chamber could improve his or her performance, particularly members opposite! If they had improved their performance they might still be in government. I take very seriously the fact that I head the particular authority that is responsible for the state’s emergency services, and I have every confidence in the police commissioner, who heads up the bureaucratic staff, together with the chief executive officer of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority. The State Emergency Management Committee has already demonstrated actual cases of emergencies that have taken place in Western Australia. We have also carried out many scenarios to make sure that we are always up with what we could, should or even should not expect. There will always be people coming out of left field to say that perhaps we have not taken something into account. I have already asked the State Emergency Management Committee to report back to me and give me its findings and comments on the report that has been tabled today, because I want to know exactly what it feels about the comments of the Auditor General, which are fair. He is not criticising us; he is not saying that we are doing a bad job. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table that report? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was tabled today, my friend. Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr E.S. Ripper : No, the report that you get in response. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will see. I will read it, and then I will make a decision about whether to table it. I do not have an aversion to tabling papers; I really do not. However, I want to put everyone’s minds at rest. I do not want the member for Girrawheen going around scaremongering, as she does very often, and coming out with outrageous comments that bear no relationship to the truth at all. Let me assure the people of Western Australia that we have a very competent State Emergency Management Committee in place that I believe can deal with virtually any emergency that confronts us. However, we will always try to do better.
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