❓ Opposition questions the Premier's support for the Minister for Corrective Services, citing potential safety concerns and union influence. The Premier defends the Minister's performance and criticises the questioner's record.
AnsweredQoN 848Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
MINISTER FOR CORRECTIVE
SERVICES — PERFORMANCE
848. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will it take another community safety bungle or another mass prison breakout
before the Premier finally decides to change the Minister for Corrective
Services or is he bound to let the unions control his cabinet?
SERVICES — PERFORMANCE
848. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will it take another community safety bungle or another mass prison breakout
before the Premier finally decides to change the Minister for Corrective
Services or is he bound to let the unions control his cabinet?
AnswerView source ↗
That
is a silly question. Considering yesterday, or the day before, you were quoting
the Maritime Union of Australia as part of your justification for one of
your positions, it shows just how silly some of your questions are.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
Not me. I said nothing about the MUA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I said ''you''
as in plural. I am looking at the member who did it. He might not recall. The
member for Bateman might be thinking about his impending retirement, as I hear.
Members on this side are hearing that he is thinking about the outside world
and what opportunities might be out there for him. Maybe his time in here has passed and the outside world beckons—that
is what we hear from various journalists telling us these stories about
the member for Bateman. He is looking for greener pastures than those that are
in here.
My question remains: The member for
Churchlands had the opportunity. What did he achieve as a minister?
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : One thing.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He cannot say one single thing that he
did in his time as a minister.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Churchlands, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined to the member half a dozen
significant reforms that the Minister for Corrective Services brought in just
in that portfolio. That does not include the Rural Fire Division or the Bushfire
Centre of Excellence in the emergency services portfolio and a range of other
initiatives he has taken there. There are half a dozen important initiatives
inside Corrective Services to expand capacity, resolve issues and ensure we get
more rehabilitation for people suffering from meth addiction. That is what the
Minister for Corrective Services has done in his portfolio and the member for
Churchlands comes in here and tritely says, like a broken record that I see on
the news each night, ''Sack the minister, sack the minister.''
This is a guy who does things. The Minister for Corrective Services has
reformed the system and will continue to reform the system whilst you as a minister
did absolutely nothing.
is a silly question. Considering yesterday, or the day before, you were quoting
the Maritime Union of Australia as part of your justification for one of
your positions, it shows just how silly some of your questions are.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
Not me. I said nothing about the MUA.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I said ''you''
as in plural. I am looking at the member who did it. He might not recall. The
member for Bateman might be thinking about his impending retirement, as I hear.
Members on this side are hearing that he is thinking about the outside world
and what opportunities might be out there for him. Maybe his time in here has passed and the outside world beckons—that
is what we hear from various journalists telling us these stories about
the member for Bateman. He is looking for greener pastures than those that are
in here.
My question remains: The member for
Churchlands had the opportunity. What did he achieve as a minister?
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : One thing.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He cannot say one single thing that he
did in his time as a minister.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Churchlands, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined to the member half a dozen
significant reforms that the Minister for Corrective Services brought in just
in that portfolio. That does not include the Rural Fire Division or the Bushfire
Centre of Excellence in the emergency services portfolio and a range of other
initiatives he has taken there. There are half a dozen important initiatives
inside Corrective Services to expand capacity, resolve issues and ensure we get
more rehabilitation for people suffering from meth addiction. That is what the
Minister for Corrective Services has done in his portfolio and the member for
Churchlands comes in here and tritely says, like a broken record that I see on
the news each night, ''Sack the minister, sack the minister.''
This is a guy who does things. The Minister for Corrective Services has
reformed the system and will continue to reform the system whilst you as a minister
did absolutely nothing.
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