❓ Opposition Leader Kirkup questions Premier McGowan about increased ambulance ramping despite fewer hospital admissions, accusing the government of lacking a plan. McGowan deflects, blaming the Liberal Party for undermining COVID-19 efforts.
AnsweredQoN 861Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
AMBULANCE RAMPING
861. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Compared with the same time last year, there are 3 000 fewer admissions but 900
more hours of ambulance ramping —
Mr R.H. Cook : That's
not true.
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : It is true.
When will the Premier come clean with the people of Western Australia that the
real reason for the ambulance ramping crisis is because of his government's
lack of a plan to deal with this very real issue?
861. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Compared with the same time last year, there are 3 000 fewer admissions but 900
more hours of ambulance ramping —
Mr R.H. Cook : That's
not true.
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP : It is true.
When will the Premier come clean with the people of Western Australia that the
real reason for the ambulance ramping crisis is because of his government's
lack of a plan to deal with this very real issue?
AnswerView source ↗
Mr Speaker, it never stops. I will
be happy when Parliament ends this year because the undermining of our efforts
to deal with COVID by members of the Liberal Party is shocking They never stop
and have done that the whole way along.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Do not worry; the
public knows the way Liberal Party members have acted. If we look at other
states, we see that the opposition parties have not acted in the same way as
the Liberal Party in Western Australia. The Liberal Party has been disgraceful
and undermined our efforts to deal with a worldwide pandemic at every turn.
This state has been extraordinarily successful. If Liberal members had their
way, the virus would have come back.
be happy when Parliament ends this year because the undermining of our efforts
to deal with COVID by members of the Liberal Party is shocking They never stop
and have done that the whole way along.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : Do not worry; the
public knows the way Liberal Party members have acted. If we look at other
states, we see that the opposition parties have not acted in the same way as
the Liberal Party in Western Australia. The Liberal Party has been disgraceful
and undermined our efforts to deal with a worldwide pandemic at every turn.
This state has been extraordinarily successful. If Liberal members had their
way, the virus would have come back.
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