❓ Mr. Miles raises concerns about increasing water use and low rainfall in Wanneroo. Minister Jacobs acknowledges the dire situation due to record low rainfall and urges Perth residents to conserve water by switching off sprinklers.
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WATER RESOURCES — INCREASING WATER USE
Constituents in my electorate of Wanneroo are very concerned at the impact of increasing water use combined with the minimum rainfall this year. Can the minister please inform the house what measures the Liberal-National government is taking to protect our water resources and address irresponsible water use? Dr G.G. JACOBS
Constituents in my electorate of Wanneroo are very concerned at the impact of increasing water use combined with the minimum rainfall this year. Can the minister please inform the house what measures the Liberal-National government is taking to protect our water resources and address irresponsible water use? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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I thank the member for his interest in this very important resource. Members are aware that Perth has had the driest start of the year on record. To give members some sense of that, the average year-to-date rainfall in Perth is 318 millimetres. The actual rainfall in the Perth region for the year-to-date is 77 millimetres—less than one-quarter of Perth’s average rainfall. At this point, metropolitan dams are at 28 per cent capacity. The draw from the metropolitan area for the year to date is more than eight gigalitres above what it was this time last year. To give the house some concept of a gigalitre, imagine Subiaco Oval filled with water to the top of the goalposts—that is a gigalitre of water. We are seven or eight Subiaco Ovals full of water overdrawn — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for his interest in this very important resource. Members are aware that Perth has had the driest start of the year on record. To give members some sense of that, the average year-to-date rainfall in Perth is 318 millimetres. The actual rainfall in the Perth region for the year-to-date is 77 millimetres—less than one-quarter of Perth’s average rainfall. At this point, metropolitan dams are at 28 per cent capacity. The draw from the metropolitan area for the year to date is more than eight gigalitres above what it was this time last year. To give the house some concept of a gigalitre, imagine Subiaco Oval filled with water to the top of the goalposts—that is a gigalitre of water. We are seven or eight Subiaco Ovals full of water overdrawn — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
I thank the member for his interest in this very important resource. Members are aware that Perth has had the driest start of the year on record. To give members some sense of that, the average year-to-date rainfall in Perth is 318 millimetres. The actual rainfall in the Perth region for the year-to-date is 77 millimetres—less than one-quarter of Perth’s average rainfall. At this point, metropolitan dams are at 28 per cent capacity. The draw from the metropolitan area for the year to date is more than eight gigalitres above what it was this time last year. To give the house some concept of a gigalitre, imagine Subiaco Oval filled with water to the top of the goalposts—that is a gigalitre of water. We are seven or eight Subiaco Ovals full of water overdrawn — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for his interest in this very important resource. Members are aware that Perth has had the driest start of the year on record. To give members some sense of that, the average year-to-date rainfall in Perth is 318 millimetres. The actual rainfall in the Perth region for the year-to-date is 77 millimetres—less than one-quarter of Perth’s average rainfall. At this point, metropolitan dams are at 28 per cent capacity. The draw from the metropolitan area for the year to date is more than eight gigalitres above what it was this time last year. To give the house some concept of a gigalitre, imagine Subiaco Oval filled with water to the top of the goalposts—that is a gigalitre of water. We are seven or eight Subiaco Ovals full of water overdrawn — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
I thank the member for his interest in this very important resource. Members are aware that Perth has had the driest start of the year on record. To give members some sense of that, the average year-to-date rainfall in Perth is 318 millimetres. The actual rainfall in the Perth region for the year-to-date is 77 millimetres—less than one-quarter of Perth’s average rainfall. At this point, metropolitan dams are at 28 per cent capacity. The draw from the metropolitan area for the year to date is more than eight gigalitres above what it was this time last year. To give the house some concept of a gigalitre, imagine Subiaco Oval filled with water to the top of the goalposts—that is a gigalitre of water. We are seven or eight Subiaco Ovals full of water overdrawn — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : — on the dams to what we were last year, and we have had one-quarter of the rainfall. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : We have a potentially dire situation. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : A dire situation is pending. We need to address — Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : It is not the member for Cockburn’s question and I call him formally for the first time. Minister, please continue. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I understand that we have this situation because of the reduced rainfall—less than one-quarter of average rainfall in the year to date. I am imploring the metropolitan Perth people to switch off their sprinklers—please switch off their sprinklers! Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : And that, member for Cockburn, includes switching off your automatic reticulation system. I implore the people of Perth — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : Members, I am sure that Hansard is having some difficulty hearing the minister’s response to the question, as I am. Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Mr P. Papalia : Why pick on the police minister? What about the rest of them? The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
The SPEAKER : I do not know that the interjection was necessary, and I call the member for Warnbro formally for the first time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Due to the unprecedented dry start to the year and the difficulties we have with the very much significantly reduced rainfall, we all have a civic responsibility to save water over winter and switch off our sprinklers. Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The core civic duty of every member in this place and the people of metropolitan Perth is to switch off their sprinklers to save water for the impending summer.
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