❓ Ms Freeman questions the Minister for Health regarding changes to ACROD parking at hospitals, contrasting his approach with the Minister for Transport's understanding of ACROD needs. The Minister for Health defends the changes as benefiting a broader range of disabled individuals.
AnsweredQoN 489Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HOSPITALS —
ACROD PARKING
489. Ms
J.M. FREEMAN to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. How can the Minister for
Transport recognise the seriousness of what is needed for someone with an ACROD
sticker when catching trains, yet the Minister for Health cannot accept that
these people were accessing the hospital for a time, with an ACROD sticker, in
a needed area before he suddenly changed it. It is unfair and unhelpful for
these people. Why is this Minister for Transport so in step with what is needed
and the Minister for Health is so out of step?
ACROD PARKING
489. Ms
J.M. FREEMAN to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. How can the Minister for
Transport recognise the seriousness of what is needed for someone with an ACROD
sticker when catching trains, yet the Minister for Health cannot accept that
these people were accessing the hospital for a time, with an ACROD sticker, in
a needed area before he suddenly changed it. It is unfair and unhelpful for
these people. Why is this Minister for Transport so in step with what is needed
and the Minister for Health is so out of step?
AnswerView source ↗
I do not think the member listened for one second to my
answer, because what she said is totally at odds with what I said. Can the
member for Mirrabooka not understand that, apart from the people in her
electorate, other people in the community with disabilities also want to access
those parking bays so that they can be dropped off at the hospital —
Ms J.M. Freeman :
You changed it.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
did not change it.
Mr D.J. Kelly interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean and the member for Mirrabooka! Minister, can you wind
this up?
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
support the change because the member cannot accept that the people with
disabilities in her electorate —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the first time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : The decision does not affect the —
Ms
J.M. Freeman interjected
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the second time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : The member cannot accept that this was done for the benefit of
people with disabilities. Other people outside her electorate want to be
dropped off so that they do not have to go so far to get to their appointment and want to have access —
Ms
J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the third time. Minister, can
you wind this up, please?
Dr
K.D. HAMES : Mr Speaker, I am trying very hard. I tried to get one sentence out. The member for
Mirrabooka cannot accept that other people in this state with disabilities,
other than those in her electorate, deserve to be dropped off close to their
source of treatment and not to have their car park blocked by other people with
disabilities who are staying beyond the short-term time limit recommended for
those bays.
answer, because what she said is totally at odds with what I said. Can the
member for Mirrabooka not understand that, apart from the people in her
electorate, other people in the community with disabilities also want to access
those parking bays so that they can be dropped off at the hospital —
Ms J.M. Freeman :
You changed it.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
did not change it.
Mr D.J. Kelly interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean and the member for Mirrabooka! Minister, can you wind
this up?
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
support the change because the member cannot accept that the people with
disabilities in her electorate —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the first time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : The decision does not affect the —
Ms
J.M. Freeman interjected
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the second time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : The member cannot accept that this was done for the benefit of
people with disabilities. Other people outside her electorate want to be
dropped off so that they do not have to go so far to get to their appointment and want to have access —
Ms
J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the third time. Minister, can
you wind this up, please?
Dr
K.D. HAMES : Mr Speaker, I am trying very hard. I tried to get one sentence out. The member for
Mirrabooka cannot accept that other people in this state with disabilities,
other than those in her electorate, deserve to be dropped off close to their
source of treatment and not to have their car park blocked by other people with
disabilities who are staying beyond the short-term time limit recommended for
those bays.
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