❓ Mr. Katsambanis questions the Premier on when additional police will be provided to address violence. The Premier responds by highlighting the government's efforts, including increased police numbers and various initiatives to combat crime and support vulnerable populations, while criticizing the opposition's negativity.
AnsweredQoN 1126Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE — ASSAULTS
AGAINST
1126. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
When is the Premier going to start protecting the people of Western Australia
from out-of-control violence by providing additional police, as the
commissioner and the union have called for and as the public of Western Australia
are calling for?
AGAINST
1126. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
When is the Premier going to start protecting the people of Western Australia
from out-of-control violence by providing additional police, as the
commissioner and the union have called for and as the public of Western Australia
are calling for?
AnswerView source ↗
We have provided extra police
officers since we have been in office. I gave the figures to the opposition the
other week but, from memory, it is around an extra 150 police officers.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr A. Krsticevic : You're
making it up!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Carine, I call you to order for the second time. You have an opinion on
everything.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We have
provided extra police officers and all those initiatives that I outlined to the
house a moment ago, which were not in place when we came to office two and
three-quarter years ago.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Honestly, you
lot are so hopeless. You would think that with Christmas, you would improve a little.
They are a group of angry people.
The SPEAKER : I do not want
anyone to be angry; it is Christmas time!
Mr M. McGOWAN : We try to give comprehensive answers to
questions and all we get —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — is
this wall of bile and negativity flowing across the chamber to us. That is all
we get.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined to
the house a range of things we are doing. Obviously, violence in our community
is completely and utterly unacceptable, and that is why we support our police
officers, that is why we put in place strategies to deal with methamphetamine,
that is why we are trying to support people who may well be homeless with a huge
homelessness package, that is why we have put in place the biggest reform to
domestic violence law in the history of Western Australia, that is why we have
put in place a domestic violence funding package never seen before and that is
why we are doing all these things to deal with serious issues across the
community of Western Australia. All the opposition does is come up with
nastiness and glib lines.
officers since we have been in office. I gave the figures to the opposition the
other week but, from memory, it is around an extra 150 police officers.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr A. Krsticevic : You're
making it up!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Carine, I call you to order for the second time. You have an opinion on
everything.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We have
provided extra police officers and all those initiatives that I outlined to the
house a moment ago, which were not in place when we came to office two and
three-quarter years ago.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Honestly, you
lot are so hopeless. You would think that with Christmas, you would improve a little.
They are a group of angry people.
The SPEAKER : I do not want
anyone to be angry; it is Christmas time!
Mr M. McGOWAN : We try to give comprehensive answers to
questions and all we get —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — is
this wall of bile and negativity flowing across the chamber to us. That is all
we get.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined to
the house a range of things we are doing. Obviously, violence in our community
is completely and utterly unacceptable, and that is why we support our police
officers, that is why we put in place strategies to deal with methamphetamine,
that is why we are trying to support people who may well be homeless with a huge
homelessness package, that is why we have put in place the biggest reform to
domestic violence law in the history of Western Australia, that is why we have
put in place a domestic violence funding package never seen before and that is
why we are doing all these things to deal with serious issues across the
community of Western Australia. All the opposition does is come up with
nastiness and glib lines.
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