❓ A parliamentary question regarding the water quality and hazard analysis procedures at the Elizabeth Quay water park, specifically questioning why a hazard analysis wasn't conducted before the initial opening after a prior incident.
AnsweredQoN 879Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ELIZABETH
QUAY — WATER PARK — WATER QUALITY
879. Mr R.H.
COOK to the Minister for Health:
I
have a supplementary question. The minister has confirmed that a hazard
analysis critical path has been developed as part of his new regime around the
health requirements for the water park, subsequent to him poisoning those
children when it originally opened. Why did the minister not undertake a hazard
analysis critical path when the park first opened?
QUAY — WATER PARK — WATER QUALITY
879. Mr R.H.
COOK to the Minister for Health:
I
have a supplementary question. The minister has confirmed that a hazard
analysis critical path has been developed as part of his new regime around the
health requirements for the water park, subsequent to him poisoning those
children when it originally opened. Why did the minister not undertake a hazard
analysis critical path when the park first opened?
AnswerView source ↗
The
approval that was necessary for the opening of the water park was given by the
Executive Director of Public Health. Those issues have been debated in this
chamber on two or three occasions at least this year. There was an approval to
operate and a licence, if I remember rightly, and I tabled both certificates
when the issue was being debated earlier this year. The Executive Director of
Public Health was satisfied at that time. As time went on it became apparent
that a greater capacity needed to be established for the filtration system.
Extensive works have been undertaken over the past few months for that to
occur, under the oversight of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, of
course. There are ongoing discussions between the MRA and the Department of
Health, and when the Executive Director of Public Health is satisfied that the
management arrangements, hazard plans and whatever else is necessary are
adequate, then approval will be given for the water park to reopen. I hope and
expect that that will be in the very near future.
approval that was necessary for the opening of the water park was given by the
Executive Director of Public Health. Those issues have been debated in this
chamber on two or three occasions at least this year. There was an approval to
operate and a licence, if I remember rightly, and I tabled both certificates
when the issue was being debated earlier this year. The Executive Director of
Public Health was satisfied at that time. As time went on it became apparent
that a greater capacity needed to be established for the filtration system.
Extensive works have been undertaken over the past few months for that to
occur, under the oversight of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, of
course. There are ongoing discussions between the MRA and the Department of
Health, and when the Executive Director of Public Health is satisfied that the
management arrangements, hazard plans and whatever else is necessary are
adequate, then approval will be given for the water park to reopen. I hope and
expect that that will be in the very near future.
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