❓ A parliamentary question regarding the completion of a bushfire readiness review and the resourcing of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority's communications centre. The Minister's response deflects the concerns and accuses the questioner of scaremongering.
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BUSHFIRES — BUSHFIRE READINESS REVIEW
I give the minister notice there are three parts to this question. I refer to the Premier’s promise in March to conduct a Western Australian bushfire readiness review. (1) When will that review be complete? (2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I give the minister notice there are three parts to this question. I refer to the Premier’s promise in March to conduct a Western Australian bushfire readiness review. (1) When will that review be complete? (2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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(1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(1) When will that review be complete? (2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(1) When will that review be complete? (2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(2) Why does the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia emergency communications centre have insufficient staff to meet demand and have to be topped up with under-trained contract staff? (3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(3) Does the minister regard it as acceptable that the communications centre is not resourced to manage two or more concurrent fire incidents? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: (1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(1) That report is before cabinet at the moment so I am not able to tell the member about it, but it will be coming forward very soon. Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Ms M.M. Quirk : March, next year, perhaps. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : No; very soon. I promise the member. The report is being done under the name of the Premier, the Minister for Environment and me. It will be presented very shortly by the Premier himself. (2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
(2)-(3) The member for Girrawheen amazes me sometimes. She is an amazing person. She runs to the media with stories that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the truth. She has done that recently with the Sunday Times and other media organisations. Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr E.S. Ripper : As opposed to your record, of course. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I only ever tell the truth. The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
The member for Girrawheen is trying to scare people by saying that the call centre at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority is undermanned, and is not working. The member knows as well as I do that that is not the truth. She has the union barking at her heels telling her what to say in this place. The union is feeding the member with information that is basically untrue. The member can shake her head, but she knows that what I am saying is true. I can say with confidence that I believe the advice I get is very accurate. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The former Minister for Emergency Services knows the people involved. Would she stand up in this place and start criticising them? I do not think she would, because I think she has confidence in them, the same as I do. I have confidence in FESA being able to answer all the emergency calls it needs to. Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr E.S. Ripper : The same people who appointed Dave Caporn. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : That really was a stunning remark. I will have to think about that one. It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
It is very immature of the member for Girrawheen to go around trying to scaremonger and frighten people by saying that our fire and emergency services operations centre is not adequately staffed, the staff are not well-trained, and it does not operate well. I know the member desperately wants to ask me a supplementary question. Was that the last of her questions? Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes.
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