❓ Opposition questions the Minister for Health on the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill, alleging a broken election promise. The Minister defends his actions, stating the bill was introduced to protect the hospital from the opposition and is not currently needed while the government is in power.
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ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL PROTECTION BILL
Since the minister raised the subject of his commitment to Royal Perth Hospital, let me go to the wording of his election commitment, which states — … move immediately to protect the long term future of the Royal Perth Hospital by introducing … the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill. (1) Is the minister still committed to honouring this election pledge? (2) If yes to (1), why do the government’s internal Liberal election commitment tracking documents inside the Department of Health indicate that — The Minister has indicated to the Drafter that he does not intend to progress the Bill any further in the near future. (3) How does the minister explain this reversal of attitude towards the protection of Royal Perth Hospital just two years after making a pledge to inner metropolitan electors? Dr K.D. HAMES
Since the minister raised the subject of his commitment to Royal Perth Hospital, let me go to the wording of his election commitment, which states — … move immediately to protect the long term future of the Royal Perth Hospital by introducing … the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill. (1) Is the minister still committed to honouring this election pledge? (2) If yes to (1), why do the government’s internal Liberal election commitment tracking documents inside the Department of Health indicate that — The Minister has indicated to the Drafter that he does not intend to progress the Bill any further in the near future. (3) How does the minister explain this reversal of attitude towards the protection of Royal Perth Hospital just two years after making a pledge to inner metropolitan electors? Dr K.D. HAMES
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(1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
(2) If yes to (1), why do the government’s internal Liberal election commitment tracking documents inside the Department of Health indicate that — The Minister has indicated to the Drafter that he does not intend to progress the Bill any further in the near future. (3) How does the minister explain this reversal of attitude towards the protection of Royal Perth Hospital just two years after making a pledge to inner metropolitan electors? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
(1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
(2) If yes to (1), why do the government’s internal Liberal election commitment tracking documents inside the Department of Health indicate that — The Minister has indicated to the Drafter that he does not intend to progress the Bill any further in the near future. (3) How does the minister explain this reversal of attitude towards the protection of Royal Perth Hospital just two years after making a pledge to inner metropolitan electors? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
(1)–(3) If I could just perhaps ask the member to read the first sentence of that commitment again. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Mr E.S. Ripper : So you are going to say that it was a commitment only to introduce it! The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I think that is what it says! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I think the commitment was to introduce the legislation in Parliament, and it is quite clear that I have done that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : I think there is only one person who has asked the question of the minister and that is the member for Kwinana, and there is only one Minister for Health in this place. Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : As I said, I met a commitment that we made. What the Parliament may not know is that in order to try to prolong debate on that legislation, all the members opposite moved — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Members opposite moved large numbers of amendments on that bill. Each member who has a little hospital in his electorate has moved an amendment to say, “and add on this hospital”, and “and add on that hospital” and “and add on another hospital”. The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The reality is that we are committed to keeping Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital. I do not require that legislation — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time and, likewise, the member for Victoria Park. Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation is not required for this government to keep — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Why did you introduce it? Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : If members opposite stop interjecting for five seconds, I will explain! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait; I am in no hurry. It is your question time. That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
That legislation was not required for us to retain and to develop Royal Perth Hospital. Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I will wait. There is no rush. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : That legislation stops Royal Perth Hospital from being disbanded as a tertiary hospital, which was what the opposition proposed, without the approval of both houses of Parliament. While we are in government, we do not need that legislation because we are committed to developing Royal Perth Hospital. This legislation was designed solely to protect Royal Perth Hospital from members opposite in government! That is all. Therefore, I assume that I have a fair bit of time to get this legislation through. I do not think that I need to hurry because we will be in government I think for a little while, particularly when we have — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : —a Deputy Leader of the Opposition who we now call Mr Marshmallow! For those members who were not listening to Mr Russell Woolf yesterday, there was an interesting debate between him and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying that there was a deadly virus in Fremantle Hospital. A deadly virus! Russell rang me up and asked, “What’s going on? That sounds extremely serious.” I said that it would be serious if it was a deadly virus, but a norovirus is anything but deadly! It causes 50 per cent of cases of gastroenteritis. It is a normal viral infection that causes gastroenteritis. The only time — Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition tried to explain to Russell Woolf that it could on occasions, if the patient was not treated for dehydration, or the patient is old or a child, be deadly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Some very clever guy rang Russell Woolf and asked: if a marshmallow causes somebody to choke to death when he is trying to eat it, would the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a press release saying, “deadly marshmallow”? Watch out for the deadly marshmallow! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
Dr K.D. HAMES : Last week the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put out a totally false press release about reductions in the budget at Northam. That was absolutely not true. This week he topped it off with “deadly virus”!
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