❓ Dr. Honey questions the Premier's use of Facebook for disseminating crucial health information instead of official government channels. The Premier deflects, criticises the Leader of the Liberal Party's social media conduct, and asserts information is published on the Department of Health website.
AnsweredQoN 82Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS — RESTRICTIONS
82. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Why does the Premier believe it is appropriate
that Western Australians are required to monitor his Facebook page to
obtain crucial health information instead of an authorised government website?
82. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Why does the Premier believe it is appropriate
that Western Australians are required to monitor his Facebook page to
obtain crucial health information instead of an authorised government website?
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Yesterday, we published information
on the Department of Health website. Perhaps, today we have done it on the
Health website. I do not follow those things particularly closely. We make
decisions and then they are published. They are published on my Facebook site.
They are published in press conferences. I must say that our social media has a
bit more quality than the Leader of the Liberal Party's. We do not run
photos of drowning children and then try to make political points out of it,
unlike his social media. I think he wants to have a close look at the people
who do his social media, because I think that if anyone actually watched and
followed what he does, he would be in a lot of strife with some of the stuff he
puts on there and some of the quite appalling attacks. Honestly, I have never seen a Leader of the Liberal Party like you—never
seen it before, and I have seen a lot in this place. Admittedly , I do
not think Colin Barnett was strong on social media—it was not his
strong suit—but I am pretty sure he would have vetoed photos of
drowning children in trying to make a political point. I am pretty sure Colin
Barnett would have said, ''That's not appropriate.'' But,
anyway, the Leader of the Liberal Party can do his social media and at some
point in time someone might look at it and someone might actually uncover the
sort of stuff that he does.
on the Department of Health website. Perhaps, today we have done it on the
Health website. I do not follow those things particularly closely. We make
decisions and then they are published. They are published on my Facebook site.
They are published in press conferences. I must say that our social media has a
bit more quality than the Leader of the Liberal Party's. We do not run
photos of drowning children and then try to make political points out of it,
unlike his social media. I think he wants to have a close look at the people
who do his social media, because I think that if anyone actually watched and
followed what he does, he would be in a lot of strife with some of the stuff he
puts on there and some of the quite appalling attacks. Honestly, I have never seen a Leader of the Liberal Party like you—never
seen it before, and I have seen a lot in this place. Admittedly , I do
not think Colin Barnett was strong on social media—it was not his
strong suit—but I am pretty sure he would have vetoed photos of
drowning children in trying to make a political point. I am pretty sure Colin
Barnett would have said, ''That's not appropriate.'' But,
anyway, the Leader of the Liberal Party can do his social media and at some
point in time someone might look at it and someone might actually uncover the
sort of stuff that he does.
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