❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Police Minister's confidence in cutting the police budget without affecting frontline services, contrasting it with the previous minister's assessment. The Minister assures that frontline services will not be impacted.
AnsweredQoN 660Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE BUDGET — FRONT-LINE SERVICES
660. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question. How is it that after only four months in the job, the
Minister for Police can have supreme confidence that she can cut $28 million
from the police budget and that it will not affect the front line, yet the
minister who sat in that chair for four years says that a $28 million cut will
affect the front line?
660. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for Police:
I have a supplementary question. How is it that after only four months in the job, the
Minister for Police can have supreme confidence that she can cut $28 million
from the police budget and that it will not affect the front line, yet the
minister who sat in that chair for four years says that a $28 million cut will
affect the front line?
AnswerView source ↗
As the minister responsible for this portfolio, my
undertaking to this house and to the people of Western Australia is that
front-line service delivery will not be affected by any efficiency measure of
this government. I make that commitment. I stand by the things I say in this
house.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Girrawheen, I do not need any interjections from you today. I
formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
make my commitment. I stand by my commitments. I say it again: police
front-line service delivery will not be impacted by any efficiency measure of
this government. I will be held accountable to my word. I stand by my word and
I take my responsibility for this portfolio seriously.
undertaking to this house and to the people of Western Australia is that
front-line service delivery will not be affected by any efficiency measure of
this government. I make that commitment. I stand by the things I say in this
house.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Girrawheen, I do not need any interjections from you today. I
formally call you to order for the first time today.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I
make my commitment. I stand by my commitments. I say it again: police
front-line service delivery will not be impacted by any efficiency measure of
this government. I will be held accountable to my word. I stand by my word and
I take my responsibility for this portfolio seriously.
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