❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister for Health about submissions for additional maintenance funding for Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The Minister refutes Ms Mettam's claims about funding decreases, citing incorrect data analysis.
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital—Maintenance309.Ms Libby Mettamto
the Minister for Health:I have a
supplementary question.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members!Several members
interjected.Ms Libby Mettam:I have a supplementary question.Several members
interjected.Point of orderMr Lachlan Hunter:The Deputy Leader of the Liberal
Party is trying to ask her very relevant supplementary question and she is
being interjected on by members of the front bench. They should be called to
order.The Speaker:Thank you, member; I will not uphold that
point of order but you are correct in the fact that the ministers are actually
preventing the member from asking her supplementary question. Member.Questions without notice resumedMs Libby Mettam:Has the North Metropolitan Health
Service or the Department of Health made any submissions to the Expenditure
Review Committee requesting additional maintenance and repair funding over the
past two years, given that they clearly need it?Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members!Several members
interjected.
the Minister for Health:I have a
supplementary question.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members!Several members
interjected.Ms Libby Mettam:I have a supplementary question.Several members
interjected.Point of orderMr Lachlan Hunter:The Deputy Leader of the Liberal
Party is trying to ask her very relevant supplementary question and she is
being interjected on by members of the front bench. They should be called to
order.The Speaker:Thank you, member; I will not uphold that
point of order but you are correct in the fact that the ministers are actually
preventing the member from asking her supplementary question. Member.Questions without notice resumedMs Libby Mettam:Has the North Metropolitan Health
Service or the Department of Health made any submissions to the Expenditure
Review Committee requesting additional maintenance and repair funding over the
past two years, given that they clearly need it?Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members!Several members
interjected.
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13 August 2025
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Ms Meredith Hammat replied:Honestly, member!Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Minister, just wait. Member for Central
Wheatbelt and minister!Ms Meredith Hammat:I take this opportunity to clarify
it for the member. She claimed that the repair and maintenance amount for the North
Metropolitan Health Service dropped from $37 million in 2016–17 to $33 million
in 2023–24. That is wrong on two fronts.Ms Libby Mettam:Answer the question.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Member for Vasse, you have asked the
question and the minister can respond.Ms Meredith Hammat:The member came in here and made claims
about what has happened to funding and she was wrong about that. The $37 million
that she referred to included PathWest. That is no longer included in the North
Metro numbers. She has excluded a whole health service and forgotten all about
it. Secondly, she is wrong; she does not understand the health system.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members! Minister! Member for Central
Wheatbelt and member for Vasse, thank you. The more you interject, the longer
this takes. Minister.Ms Meredith Hammat:The second reason the member is
wrong is that if we look at the more recent data for 2024–25, we see
that expenditure on repairs and maintenance was $38 million. Basically, the
member's understanding of the health system and her analysis of the figures are
wrong. She should retract the statements that she and others in her party have
made in this place.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital—Maintenance
interjected.The Speaker:Minister, just wait. Member for Central
Wheatbelt and minister!Ms Meredith Hammat:I take this opportunity to clarify
it for the member. She claimed that the repair and maintenance amount for the North
Metropolitan Health Service dropped from $37 million in 2016–17 to $33 million
in 2023–24. That is wrong on two fronts.Ms Libby Mettam:Answer the question.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Member for Vasse, you have asked the
question and the minister can respond.Ms Meredith Hammat:The member came in here and made claims
about what has happened to funding and she was wrong about that. The $37 million
that she referred to included PathWest. That is no longer included in the North
Metro numbers. She has excluded a whole health service and forgotten all about
it. Secondly, she is wrong; she does not understand the health system.Several members
interjected.The Speaker:Members! Minister! Member for Central
Wheatbelt and member for Vasse, thank you. The more you interject, the longer
this takes. Minister.Ms Meredith Hammat:The second reason the member is
wrong is that if we look at the more recent data for 2024–25, we see
that expenditure on repairs and maintenance was $38 million. Basically, the
member's understanding of the health system and her analysis of the figures are
wrong. She should retract the statements that she and others in her party have
made in this place.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital—Maintenance
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