❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health about funding for PlusLife, a bone and tissue bank. The Minister acknowledges the importance of PlusLife but criticises their lobbying efforts, suggesting they should wait for the budget decision.
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PLUSLIFE — BONE AND TISSUE BANK SERVICES 91. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health: Before I ask my question, I acknowledge members of the PlusLife board and Harry, a bone cancer survivor and recipient of PlusLife’s bone bank and donor services, in the gallery today. I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES
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(1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
91. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health: Before I ask my question, I acknowledge members of the PlusLife board and Harry, a bone cancer survivor and recipient of PlusLife’s bone bank and donor services, in the gallery today. I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Before I ask my question, I acknowledge members of the PlusLife board and Harry, a bone cancer survivor and recipient of PlusLife’s bone bank and donor services, in the gallery today. I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
91. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health: Before I ask my question, I acknowledge members of the PlusLife board and Harry, a bone cancer survivor and recipient of PlusLife’s bone bank and donor services, in the gallery today. I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Before I ask my question, I acknowledge members of the PlusLife board and Harry, a bone cancer survivor and recipient of PlusLife’s bone bank and donor services, in the gallery today. I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
I refer to a funding request of $10 million for PlusLife, the organisation providing bone and tissue bank services in Western Australia, to construct and commission new facilities. (1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(1) Is the minister aware that PlusLife is currently spending $450 000 of its own money on detailed planning for a new facility on land provided by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority? Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr J.H.D. Day : That is, the state government. Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. COOK : Yes—the state government. (2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(2) Will the minister provide the requested $10 million of funding to build and construct its new facilities on the Midland site? (3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(3) Will any funding commitment be made before the budget to the allow construction and commissioning by the December 2017 deadline as is needed to save the ongoing service of the organisation? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: (1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
(1)–(3) I thank the member for Kwinana for the question. I will be interested to know how much money PlusLife has been spending on campaigning to get the money, when its people have been given reassurances already by me, by the Premier, and by the government, that we are supportive of their request and that it is being considered actively in the budget—yet, here they are, going out and running full-page ads in the media. Talk about overkill in terms of a publicity campaign. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : The reality is that PlusLife is an essential service, and they have acknowledged, in the documentation they put out, that I have told them that they are an essential service. They know that I am supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that, and they know the Premier is supportive of the funding because they acknowledge that; yet, here they are, going out to just about every member in this state, including state and federal members, lobbying them to get support for this particular project, and running full-page advertisements in the paper. Whoever is running this campaign should have a serious think about what they are doing. PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
PlusLife is an essential service. In other states, PlusLife is largely funded by state governments. We are the only state in which that has not been required. PlusLife has been at Hollywood Private Hospital until now, and Hollywood Hospital’s Ramsay Health Care has given them a time period by which it would like them to leave, and those times are very tight. To get all that work done — Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Next year I think the member will find is the time. Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : The end of this year. Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I do not think so. I will check that. Next year, is it—2017? I think the member said that in her question, didn’t she? The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Through the Chair, please. Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. Cook : It is a two-year period. Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : See. The member for Midland is wrong! Just admit you are wrong! Work it out between you! The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Thank you! Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Through the Chair, please. Minister, do you have anything more to say? Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, I do, Mr Speaker. I was just checking something. They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
They have work to do. A building is being provided. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Work has to be done to upgrade it to the standard that they need, and they need a commitment before they can do that. Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Mrs M.H. Roberts interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
Dr K.D. HAMES : What is the critical issue? It is the time within which they have to leave Hollywood and Ramsay. What do members opposite think is the best thing that the government should have done? We have talked to Ramsay, and we have got agreement from it that it will be flexible about the time within which PlusLife has to go. Hence, the problem is solved. PlusLife will not have to go out on that day. It will have more time. The budget is in three months. The people at PlusLife should sit there and wait patiently before they annoy us all to death in the meantime.
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