❓ Ms. Beard questions the delay in implementing the Night Place Program in Carnarvon and Meekatharra. The Premier deflects, criticising the Liberal Party's priorities and candidates.
AnsweredQoN 754Legislative Assembly
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NIGHT PLACE PROGRAM
754. Ms M. BEARD to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Despite the success of this program, why is the government delaying the
implementation of programs like that in Carnarvon and Meekatharra, where there
is desperate need for them?
754. Ms M. BEARD to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Despite the success of this program, why is the government delaying the
implementation of programs like that in Carnarvon and Meekatharra, where there
is desperate need for them?
AnswerView source ↗
I
am just having a quick look through the Liberal Party's blueprint of
priorities for a hypothetical Liberal government . Excuse me, Madam
Speaker; I am just trying to find it. It might be in the small print. It might
be in here somewhere. I am sure the Liberal
Party would have mentioned early intervention and services that support kids
from low socio-economic backgrounds,
but if members want to just chat amongst themselves, I will see whether I can
find it ! Nope, I cannot find it. It is not there. It is not a priority
for the Liberal Party.
Members opposite do not care. They
do not care about this stuff. All they want to do is sow fear and division in the community and see what political gains they
can make out of the fear and division they bring into the community .
That, of course, is writ large in the sort of people that the Liberal Party is
preselecting. Before he fell on his sword—just after the Leader of the
Liberal Party said that she did not have the strength or leadership to make him
fall on his sword—the former Liberal candidate for Mandurah was an
absolute specialist in fear and division.
But
the Liberal candidate for Mandurah was small fry compared with the Liberal
candidate for Albany. We have seen some of the most disgusting and
underhanded tactics from the Liberal candidate for Albany, to really drive a wedge
into that community. He is making sure that he is growing division and hatred
in that community by attacking members of the LGBTQIA+ community. That is the
future of the Liberal Party. That is the future of the Nationals WA, should
Barnaby Joyce finally get his hands on the WA branch!
We
know what members across the way represent. They represent division. They
represent fear. They represent the dog-whistling tactics we saw around
the Voice referendum. Only WA Labor represents the way forward—properly
resourced programs that understand the complexities of the social issues that
young people in our communities confront. We are putting the resources in place
and making sure that we have supports there so that young people can get the
best possible opportunities in life.
am just having a quick look through the Liberal Party's blueprint of
priorities for a hypothetical Liberal government . Excuse me, Madam
Speaker; I am just trying to find it. It might be in the small print. It might
be in here somewhere. I am sure the Liberal
Party would have mentioned early intervention and services that support kids
from low socio-economic backgrounds,
but if members want to just chat amongst themselves, I will see whether I can
find it ! Nope, I cannot find it. It is not there. It is not a priority
for the Liberal Party.
Members opposite do not care. They
do not care about this stuff. All they want to do is sow fear and division in the community and see what political gains they
can make out of the fear and division they bring into the community .
That, of course, is writ large in the sort of people that the Liberal Party is
preselecting. Before he fell on his sword—just after the Leader of the
Liberal Party said that she did not have the strength or leadership to make him
fall on his sword—the former Liberal candidate for Mandurah was an
absolute specialist in fear and division.
But
the Liberal candidate for Mandurah was small fry compared with the Liberal
candidate for Albany. We have seen some of the most disgusting and
underhanded tactics from the Liberal candidate for Albany, to really drive a wedge
into that community. He is making sure that he is growing division and hatred
in that community by attacking members of the LGBTQIA+ community. That is the
future of the Liberal Party. That is the future of the Nationals WA, should
Barnaby Joyce finally get his hands on the WA branch!
We
know what members across the way represent. They represent division. They
represent fear. They represent the dog-whistling tactics we saw around
the Voice referendum. Only WA Labor represents the way forward—properly
resourced programs that understand the complexities of the social issues that
young people in our communities confront. We are putting the resources in place
and making sure that we have supports there so that young people can get the
best possible opportunities in life.
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