❓ Question about the 'Talk Up WA' tourism campaign. The Minister's answer promotes the campaign, highlighting its success and criticising the opposition's lack of support and negative comments about WA.
AnsweredQoN 54Legislative Assembly
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TALK UP WA CAMPAIGN
54. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister
for Tourism:
I note that the minister recently launched a campaign to get
Western Australians to talk up our state. Can the minister please provide more
information on this campaign and on how more Western Australians can get
involved?
54. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister
for Tourism:
I note that the minister recently launched a campaign to get
Western Australians to talk up our state. Can the minister please provide more
information on this campaign and on how more Western Australians can get
involved?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Swan Hills
for the question and for his fierce pride in and advocacy for the extraordinary
tourism experiences available to people who visit the fine electorate of Swan
Hills. Talk Up WA is a campaign that we are running in Western Australia in
recognition of the feedback that we on this side of the house have been getting—no
doubt members on that side of the house have been getting similar feedback—about
the turnaround in the sentiment of pride and excitement that Western Australians
have in our state. People put this back to the change of government five years
ago. People are starting to see that there are now more things to do in Western
Australia and there are more opportunities. They are seeing the stadium being
built and they are seeing Elizabeth Quay being built, and they are excited
about this state. We are tapping into that excitement and pride. The state
government has a very bold plan and a bold goal to achieve a $12 billion
turnover for the tourism industry by 2020. In order to achieve that goal, we
are having a record spend in tourism marketing —
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you to order for the first time, and I will put
your name down to ask a question later.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
It is very interesting to hear the comments from members opposite around the
pride and excitement that Western Australians have when they talk up Western
Australia. That is what we on this side of the house are doing. However, some
people on that side of the house love to talk the place down. They are out of
touch with Western Australians. This Twitter campaign has had over one million
hits, with the cooperation of The Sunday
Times and PerthNow and the excellent work of Anthony DeCeglie. We have
found that Western Australians are taking to Twitter to talk up WA and to
highlight their favourite parts of Western Australia. They have taken on my
call to become ambassadors for the state and to invite their friends to visit
the state. What do we get from those opposite?
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
In response to a very positive campaign that has been well received by the
Western Australian community, which is picking it up and running with it, what
do we get from members opposite? We get the gift that keeps on giving in the
other house, Hon Ken Travers, MLC. His first contribution—his first
tweet—was ''48 hours is all you need to fall in love with
Singapore''. Nice work! Let us talk up Western Australia by advertising
Singapore! Good one! Nice work, Hon Ken Travers, the gift that keeps on giving.
What do we get from the member opposite who would be Minister for Tourism, the
member for Warnbro? What is his contribution? He has nothing positive to
contribute to Western Australia. He cannot think of one great thing about this
state. He cannot think of one destination that he would like to promote. He has
no pride in this state. He is not willing to come on board. He is completely
out of step with the in excess of one million hits that we have had as part of
this Twitter campaign.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
will wind it up; I know this is torture for members opposite. We have a bold
goal out there to achieve. We are partnering with those hardworking operators
in the tourism industry to achieve that goal. We have economic infrastructure including
Elizabeth Quay and the stadium. We have all of our massive infrastructure
projects bringing vibrancy to the state. We have record hotel investment coming
to Western Australia. We have an events program that has grown from a paltry 30
events a year to nearly 100 events a year being run in Western Australia. They
are events to attract people to WA and for Western Australians to enjoy. We
have completely changed the vibrancy and environment in Western Australia. We
are proud of it. Now we are asking Western Australians to also be ambassadors
for the state. Yes, I will use social media. Social media is free; of course I
will use social media to promote the state. I encourage those opposite to also
do so. Over a million people have tweeted the parts of WA that they are proud
of and enjoy. I recommend everybody get on board and talk up WA.
for the question and for his fierce pride in and advocacy for the extraordinary
tourism experiences available to people who visit the fine electorate of Swan
Hills. Talk Up WA is a campaign that we are running in Western Australia in
recognition of the feedback that we on this side of the house have been getting—no
doubt members on that side of the house have been getting similar feedback—about
the turnaround in the sentiment of pride and excitement that Western Australians
have in our state. People put this back to the change of government five years
ago. People are starting to see that there are now more things to do in Western
Australia and there are more opportunities. They are seeing the stadium being
built and they are seeing Elizabeth Quay being built, and they are excited
about this state. We are tapping into that excitement and pride. The state
government has a very bold plan and a bold goal to achieve a $12 billion
turnover for the tourism industry by 2020. In order to achieve that goal, we
are having a record spend in tourism marketing —
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Armadale, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you to order for the first time, and I will put
your name down to ask a question later.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
It is very interesting to hear the comments from members opposite around the
pride and excitement that Western Australians have when they talk up Western
Australia. That is what we on this side of the house are doing. However, some
people on that side of the house love to talk the place down. They are out of
touch with Western Australians. This Twitter campaign has had over one million
hits, with the cooperation of The Sunday
Times and PerthNow and the excellent work of Anthony DeCeglie. We have
found that Western Australians are taking to Twitter to talk up WA and to
highlight their favourite parts of Western Australia. They have taken on my
call to become ambassadors for the state and to invite their friends to visit
the state. What do we get from those opposite?
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mandurah, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
In response to a very positive campaign that has been well received by the
Western Australian community, which is picking it up and running with it, what
do we get from members opposite? We get the gift that keeps on giving in the
other house, Hon Ken Travers, MLC. His first contribution—his first
tweet—was ''48 hours is all you need to fall in love with
Singapore''. Nice work! Let us talk up Western Australia by advertising
Singapore! Good one! Nice work, Hon Ken Travers, the gift that keeps on giving.
What do we get from the member opposite who would be Minister for Tourism, the
member for Warnbro? What is his contribution? He has nothing positive to
contribute to Western Australia. He cannot think of one great thing about this
state. He cannot think of one destination that he would like to promote. He has
no pride in this state. He is not willing to come on board. He is completely
out of step with the in excess of one million hits that we have had as part of
this Twitter campaign.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
will wind it up; I know this is torture for members opposite. We have a bold
goal out there to achieve. We are partnering with those hardworking operators
in the tourism industry to achieve that goal. We have economic infrastructure including
Elizabeth Quay and the stadium. We have all of our massive infrastructure
projects bringing vibrancy to the state. We have record hotel investment coming
to Western Australia. We have an events program that has grown from a paltry 30
events a year to nearly 100 events a year being run in Western Australia. They
are events to attract people to WA and for Western Australians to enjoy. We
have completely changed the vibrancy and environment in Western Australia. We
are proud of it. Now we are asking Western Australians to also be ambassadors
for the state. Yes, I will use social media. Social media is free; of course I
will use social media to promote the state. I encourage those opposite to also
do so. Over a million people have tweeted the parts of WA that they are proud
of and enjoy. I recommend everybody get on board and talk up WA.
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