❓ A parliamentary question regarding a proposal to close 22 regional police stations. The Minister denies the government's intention to proceed with the closures, attributing the proposal to an independent task force.
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Given that the minister has earmarked 22 police stations for closure or downgrading, can the minister please - (a) table the list of names and locations of the 22 police stations; (b) inform these communities how she made a decision to close their police station without first consulting them; (c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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(a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(a) table the list of names and locations of the 22 police stations; (b) inform these communities how she made a decision to close their police station without first consulting them; (c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(b) inform these communities how she made a decision to close their police station without first consulting them; (c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(a) table the list of names and locations of the 22 police stations; (b) inform these communities how she made a decision to close their police station without first consulting them; (c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(b) inform these communities how she made a decision to close their police station without first consulting them; (c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(c) justify to these communities how selling off their police station and housing, and removing a police presence, can possibly be beneficial to their town; (d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(d) justify how she can put the personal safety of people in regional communities at risk purely because of the State’s budget problems? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
(a)-(d) I thank the member for the question and for some notice of it. I appreciate the opportunity of putting information about that proposal to the House. I am sure members are aware, because it has been highlighted in the media, of a proposal by the Functional Review Taskforce to close 22 police stations in regional Western Australia. As I advised the Leader of the National Party and Liam Bartlett on Friday morning on 720 ABC Radio, we will not be proceeding with that proposal. I will say it plainly: that list of 22 stations is not being considered seriously. It has been put well and truly to one side. I have no intention of tabling a list of stations that we do not intend to close. That would be a nonsense. Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have a list of stations that are to be closed. You have every responsibility to tell those people who are on the target list. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Unfortunately, the Leader of the National Party is talking total and complete nonsense. There has never been a proposal by me or the Government to close those stations. The independent task force that reported to government proposed a list of stations that it believed could be closed to save money. The Government on the other hand has an obligation to act in the community interest. Many of the proposals that the Functional Review Taskforce has put forward may not eventuate. We have looked at this proposal and have said it is not in the interests of the people in country communities to close those stations, and I have rejected it out of hand. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS: Before I sit down, I wish to alert the House that a long-term crime fighter in this State, Joan Torr, passed away in the course of the past week. I will not be able to attend her funeral later in the week, but I am sure many of the people who attend will recognise her efforts on behalf of the community of Western Australia and will recognise her as a person who had the courage to stand up for her convictions even at an advanced age and who fought on behalf of the community for a cause that she believed to be right.
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