❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health's commitment to the Royal Perth Hospital redevelopment, citing the Premier's statements on forward estimates. The Minister defends the government's commitment and criticizes the previous Labor government's record.
AnsweredQoN 264Legislative Assembly
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ROYAL
PERTH HOSPITAL — REDEVELOPMENT
264. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I ask a supplementary question. I
repeat that the Premier has said that the forward estimates do not matter and
that we should not trust them. Given the slipping and sliding the minister is
doing on this issue, why should we trust him now when he says that sometime
just before the next election in 2017 he might look at spending some money on
redeveloping this hospital?
PERTH HOSPITAL — REDEVELOPMENT
264. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I ask a supplementary question. I
repeat that the Premier has said that the forward estimates do not matter and
that we should not trust them. Given the slipping and sliding the minister is
doing on this issue, why should we trust him now when he says that sometime
just before the next election in 2017 he might look at spending some money on
redeveloping this hospital?
AnswerView source ↗
We said neither of those two things.
Firstly, it is not what the Premier said. The Premier said that this year's
budget is the budget. The forward estimates are just that: they are estimates
and they are determined on the year of provision of the budget. Secondly, the
reason that opposition members can trust what I say is because I have not gone
against what I have said before. We are strongly committed to the redevelopment
of Royal Perth Hospital. Opposition members will see that occur in the future.
All they have to do is ask the member for Albany whether this government meets
its commitments? The clear answer is yes. Did the former Labor government meet
its commitments after eight years of promises? The clear answer is no.
Question without Notice 252 —
Tabling of Paper
The
SPEAKER : That concludes question time. I did indicate that at the
end of question time I would provide an answer to the house with respect to the
documents that the Premier had. I have had a good look at those documents. They
are printed documents. They are hand-typed documents. They are certainly not an
official document. But I am going to table those in this house today.
[See paper 4843.]
Point of Order
Mr
M.P. MURRAY : Mr Speaker, thank you for your ruling on a point of
order before. I would like to know what constitutes a newspaper.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I did not make a ruling
on a point of order. I was simply responding to the Leader of the House's
point of order, and I did indicate both to you and the member sitting next to
you, the member for Cockburn, that it possibly was a newspaper. I cannot tell
which newspaper it is, and I am not particularly concerned. I thought that it
might be something that one of you was going to use in a question that you were
going to ask in this place. I did not have a problem with that, member for
Collie–Preston.
Mr M.P. MURRAY :
Thank you for that, Mr Speaker. Your clarity is clear.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members, before I give the call to the member for Cannington, I know that the
document that I referred to, which came from the Premier, is probably back with
the Premier by this stage, so it needs to go to the Assembly staff so that it
can be appropriately tabled.
Firstly, it is not what the Premier said. The Premier said that this year's
budget is the budget. The forward estimates are just that: they are estimates
and they are determined on the year of provision of the budget. Secondly, the
reason that opposition members can trust what I say is because I have not gone
against what I have said before. We are strongly committed to the redevelopment
of Royal Perth Hospital. Opposition members will see that occur in the future.
All they have to do is ask the member for Albany whether this government meets
its commitments? The clear answer is yes. Did the former Labor government meet
its commitments after eight years of promises? The clear answer is no.
Question without Notice 252 —
Tabling of Paper
The
SPEAKER : That concludes question time. I did indicate that at the
end of question time I would provide an answer to the house with respect to the
documents that the Premier had. I have had a good look at those documents. They
are printed documents. They are hand-typed documents. They are certainly not an
official document. But I am going to table those in this house today.
[See paper 4843.]
Point of Order
Mr
M.P. MURRAY : Mr Speaker, thank you for your ruling on a point of
order before. I would like to know what constitutes a newspaper.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I did not make a ruling
on a point of order. I was simply responding to the Leader of the House's
point of order, and I did indicate both to you and the member sitting next to
you, the member for Cockburn, that it possibly was a newspaper. I cannot tell
which newspaper it is, and I am not particularly concerned. I thought that it
might be something that one of you was going to use in a question that you were
going to ask in this place. I did not have a problem with that, member for
Collie–Preston.
Mr M.P. MURRAY :
Thank you for that, Mr Speaker. Your clarity is clear.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Members, before I give the call to the member for Cannington, I know that the
document that I referred to, which came from the Premier, is probably back with
the Premier by this stage, so it needs to go to the Assembly staff so that it
can be appropriately tabled.
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