❓ Hon Stephen Dawson questions the Minister for Mental Health regarding the lack of methamphetamine rehabilitation beds in the Kimberley region, referencing previous questions and conflicting statements about the primary substance abuse issue.
AnsweredQoN 1383Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
METHAMPHETAMINE — REHABILITATION BEDS —
KIMBERLEY
1383. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the minister's
response to Legislative Assembly questions without notice 907 and 908 about the
failure of the Barnett government to allocate a single methamphetamine
rehabilitation bed in the Kimberley.
(1) The minister
was advised that the opportunity to bid for rehabilitation beds was opened to
absolutely everyone. If this is the case, why was the Kimberley region omitted
from the tender?
(2) Does the
minister stand by her comments that alcohol is by far the biggest problem, when
the chief executive officer of Broome's Milliya Rumurra service advised
the media on 2 November 2016 that ice has overtaken alcohol as the most common
reason for people seeking rehabilitation?
(3) Does the
minister agree with the comments made by the president of the Australian
Medical Association (WA) when he said —
''You have no detox beds in
Broome, and from our perspective that's an absurd outcome and it needs
to be fixed,''
If
not, why not?
(4) Which
agencies are funded by the state for methamphetamine rehabilitation services in
the Kimberley, and where is each located?
KIMBERLEY
1383. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the minister's
response to Legislative Assembly questions without notice 907 and 908 about the
failure of the Barnett government to allocate a single methamphetamine
rehabilitation bed in the Kimberley.
(1) The minister
was advised that the opportunity to bid for rehabilitation beds was opened to
absolutely everyone. If this is the case, why was the Kimberley region omitted
from the tender?
(2) Does the
minister stand by her comments that alcohol is by far the biggest problem, when
the chief executive officer of Broome's Milliya Rumurra service advised
the media on 2 November 2016 that ice has overtaken alcohol as the most common
reason for people seeking rehabilitation?
(3) Does the
minister agree with the comments made by the president of the Australian
Medical Association (WA) when he said —
''You have no detox beds in
Broome, and from our perspective that's an absurd outcome and it needs
to be fixed,''
If
not, why not?
(4) Which
agencies are funded by the state for methamphetamine rehabilitation services in
the Kimberley, and where is each located?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I might just ask the member for the number of the
question.
Hon Stephen Dawson : It is 1468.
Hon NICK GOIRAN : In that case, I advise that I have no
record of that question.
some notice of the question. I might just ask the member for the number of the
question.
Hon Stephen Dawson : It is 1468.
Hon NICK GOIRAN : In that case, I advise that I have no
record of that question.
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