❓ Mr. Redman questions the Premier about the accessibility of the government's online jobs tracker. The Premier responds defensively, leading to a heated exchange and personal attacks.
AnsweredQoN 532Legislative Assembly
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OUR PRIORITIES — TARGETS
532. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the Premier make his first measurable target that of getting his online
website to track targets?
532. Mr D.T. REDMAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the Premier make his first measurable target that of getting his online
website to track targets?
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Whilst I have been sitting here, I have
received advice that the jobs tracker is online.
Mr D.T. Redman : No-one can
see it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should learn how to use a computer.
Mr D.T. Redman : It would be
nice and accountable to be able to see it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should learn —
Mr D.T. Redman : So you weren't
aware of it?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should go online and have a look.
Mr D.T. Redman : You weren't
aware of it; I'm not aware of it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member
asked a question: the total number of employed persons in WA is online. The
member did not even know. That is a bit like trying to organise a coup—the
member does not seem to be very good at it.
Mr D.J. Kelly : Coup tracker!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Maybe with the
Nationals WA, we need a coup tracker. The member has shown up, but his partner
in crime—I do not know about the internal workings of the National
Party—the member for North West Central —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday
morning, the Minister for Local Government identified the member for North West
Central running robustly around Optus Stadium, if that is where the game was,
playing a game of touch rugby. I saw the photos. They were a fine looking group
of people, fit, healthy and running around, yet by question time yesterday, he could not come into the house. What happened
in the interim between those two events?
Ms M.J. Davies : How about you
tell us where you find the jobs tracker.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am actually on the side of the Leader
of the Nationals WA.
Ms M.J. Davies : I don't need your defence. I want
you to tell me the answer to the question.
Mr M. McGOWAN : She is being nasty to me, but I am just
saying to her that I am on her side. I think that the member for North West Central
behaves appallingly. I think the National Party might now be regretting its
recruitment processes of 10 years ago. Sometimes people are recruited who one
would wish had not been recruited. I think this is a case of that.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mr D.T. Redman : How could
you be accountable?
Mr M. McGOWAN : All I can say
to the member for Warren—Blackwood is that something is rotten in the
state of Denmark when it comes to him.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Members of the National Party, just listen; you might get some good advice.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have a copy
of it here. It has been delivered to me. The member cannot even look at the
website. The member for Balcatta has looked it up. There it is. It is being
tracked on the website, my friend. Maybe the performance of the member for
Warren–Blackwood today may send a message to his colleagues that he is
not up to his aspirations to be Deputy Leader or Leader of the Nationals WA.
received advice that the jobs tracker is online.
Mr D.T. Redman : No-one can
see it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should learn how to use a computer.
Mr D.T. Redman : It would be
nice and accountable to be able to see it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should learn —
Mr D.T. Redman : So you weren't
aware of it?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Maybe the
member should go online and have a look.
Mr D.T. Redman : You weren't
aware of it; I'm not aware of it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member
asked a question: the total number of employed persons in WA is online. The
member did not even know. That is a bit like trying to organise a coup—the
member does not seem to be very good at it.
Mr D.J. Kelly : Coup tracker!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Maybe with the
Nationals WA, we need a coup tracker. The member has shown up, but his partner
in crime—I do not know about the internal workings of the National
Party—the member for North West Central —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday
morning, the Minister for Local Government identified the member for North West
Central running robustly around Optus Stadium, if that is where the game was,
playing a game of touch rugby. I saw the photos. They were a fine looking group
of people, fit, healthy and running around, yet by question time yesterday, he could not come into the house. What happened
in the interim between those two events?
Ms M.J. Davies : How about you
tell us where you find the jobs tracker.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am actually on the side of the Leader
of the Nationals WA.
Ms M.J. Davies : I don't need your defence. I want
you to tell me the answer to the question.
Mr M. McGOWAN : She is being nasty to me, but I am just
saying to her that I am on her side. I think that the member for North West Central
behaves appallingly. I think the National Party might now be regretting its
recruitment processes of 10 years ago. Sometimes people are recruited who one
would wish had not been recruited. I think this is a case of that.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Mr D.T. Redman : How could
you be accountable?
Mr M. McGOWAN : All I can say
to the member for Warren—Blackwood is that something is rotten in the
state of Denmark when it comes to him.
The SPEAKER : Premier!
Members of the National Party, just listen; you might get some good advice.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have a copy
of it here. It has been delivered to me. The member cannot even look at the
website. The member for Balcatta has looked it up. There it is. It is being
tracked on the website, my friend. Maybe the performance of the member for
Warren–Blackwood today may send a message to his colleagues that he is
not up to his aspirations to be Deputy Leader or Leader of the Nationals WA.
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