❓ Mrs. Hayden questions the Minister for Small Business about the closure of a Mecca Cosmetica store due to antisocial behaviour and homelessness in Perth's CBD. The Minister responds by deflecting the question and highlighting the state's overall economic optimism.
AnsweredQoN 963Legislative Assembly
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SMALL BUSINESS —
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
963. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Small Business:
I refer to the revelation that Mecca
Cosmetica in the Hay Street Mall will close its doors because of antisocial
behaviour in the heart of our city. How many small businesses have to close
before the minister starts taking action on this antisocial and homeless
epidemic that is affecting businesses in our CBD?
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
963. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Small Business:
I refer to the revelation that Mecca
Cosmetica in the Hay Street Mall will close its doors because of antisocial
behaviour in the heart of our city. How many small businesses have to close
before the minister starts taking action on this antisocial and homeless
epidemic that is affecting businesses in our CBD?
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I have received an extraordinary
series of questions. One member appended blame to me for the key performance
indicators that Tourism WA had set itself with regard to visitor spend, when we
have the highest visitor numbers in history, with visitors spending more than
ever in a leisure market that we never had under the previous government. That
came out in one of the questions. Now I have received a question about a shop
that has closed in one street and moved to another street. I do not have my
finger on the pulse of the individual retail outlets on a street in the city. I
am informed by a couple of members—obviously, the member for Perth
knows it intimately, as does the Minister for Transport—that it has
shut and has moved to Murray Street.
Mrs A.K. Hayden : There are
two different stores.
Mr P. PAPALIA : I assume the
business has done that because it believed there was value in retaining its
outlet in a different location. Maybe it got a better figure.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Darling Range!.
Mr P. PAPALIA : Maybe it had proximity to better
footfall and passing traffic. I do not know the business plan at that level of
its business.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Vasse, you sound like the
member for Darling Range.
Mr P. PAPALIA : What I do know is that the government
has fixed the state's finances. As a consequence, there is optimism
everywhere in Western Australia. There is optimism in every sector of business,
including in tourism, and people are optimistic. They are talking about
investment opportunities. People in the commodity sector are talking about
investment opportunities, and they are coming to fruition.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine!
Mr P. PAPALIA : People know that the construction
industry is getting a boost from yesterday's announcement by the state
government. The defence sector knows that we are advocating for it. The
education sector knows that we are advocating for it. There is reason for
optimism everywhere in Western Australia, with the exception of a little pocket
of pessimism and negativity on the other side of the chamber, where everything
is always bad.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine, I call you to order
for the third time.
Mr P. PAPALIA : Regardless of what it is, it is bad,
and members opposite are talking down our state. I wish they would stop it, because
that is the worst thing they can do for small business or any business.
series of questions. One member appended blame to me for the key performance
indicators that Tourism WA had set itself with regard to visitor spend, when we
have the highest visitor numbers in history, with visitors spending more than
ever in a leisure market that we never had under the previous government. That
came out in one of the questions. Now I have received a question about a shop
that has closed in one street and moved to another street. I do not have my
finger on the pulse of the individual retail outlets on a street in the city. I
am informed by a couple of members—obviously, the member for Perth
knows it intimately, as does the Minister for Transport—that it has
shut and has moved to Murray Street.
Mrs A.K. Hayden : There are
two different stores.
Mr P. PAPALIA : I assume the
business has done that because it believed there was value in retaining its
outlet in a different location. Maybe it got a better figure.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Darling Range!.
Mr P. PAPALIA : Maybe it had proximity to better
footfall and passing traffic. I do not know the business plan at that level of
its business.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Vasse, you sound like the
member for Darling Range.
Mr P. PAPALIA : What I do know is that the government
has fixed the state's finances. As a consequence, there is optimism
everywhere in Western Australia. There is optimism in every sector of business,
including in tourism, and people are optimistic. They are talking about
investment opportunities. People in the commodity sector are talking about
investment opportunities, and they are coming to fruition.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine!
Mr P. PAPALIA : People know that the construction
industry is getting a boost from yesterday's announcement by the state
government. The defence sector knows that we are advocating for it. The
education sector knows that we are advocating for it. There is reason for
optimism everywhere in Western Australia, with the exception of a little pocket
of pessimism and negativity on the other side of the chamber, where everything
is always bad.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine, I call you to order
for the third time.
Mr P. PAPALIA : Regardless of what it is, it is bad,
and members opposite are talking down our state. I wish they would stop it, because
that is the worst thing they can do for small business or any business.
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