❓ Question regarding the deployment of the regional emergency response group to the mid-west following a juvenile rampage. The Minister confirms the group's deployment to regional areas and highlights recent drug busts in Geraldton.
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I have a supplementary question. The minister often talks about the regional emergency response group. Will she confirm whether that group was sent in on the weekend when six juveniles were on a rampage through the mid-west? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I can confirm that the regional operations group has been deployed to regional areas in Western Australia. Some members opposite have suggested in the past that it is operative in only the metropolitan area. That is not correct. In fact, either earlier this year or late last year I provided one of the National Party members with a list of country venues to which the regional operations group had gone. I also add that only yesterday in Geraldton, and statewide, there were a number of drug busts. In fact, particular attention was focused on Geraldton as part of that. That was well in train before the meeting yesterday.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I can confirm that the regional operations group has been deployed to regional areas in Western Australia. Some members opposite have suggested in the past that it is operative in only the metropolitan area. That is not correct. In fact, either earlier this year or late last year I provided one of the National Party members with a list of country venues to which the regional operations group had gone. I also add that only yesterday in Geraldton, and statewide, there were a number of drug busts. In fact, particular attention was focused on Geraldton as part of that. That was well in train before the meeting yesterday.
I can confirm that the regional operations group has been deployed to regional areas in Western Australia. Some members opposite have suggested in the past that it is operative in only the metropolitan area. That is not correct. In fact, either earlier this year or late last year I provided one of the National Party members with a list of country venues to which the regional operations group had gone. I also add that only yesterday in Geraldton, and statewide, there were a number of drug busts. In fact, particular attention was focused on Geraldton as part of that. That was well in train before the meeting yesterday.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I can confirm that the regional operations group has been deployed to regional areas in Western Australia. Some members opposite have suggested in the past that it is operative in only the metropolitan area. That is not correct. In fact, either earlier this year or late last year I provided one of the National Party members with a list of country venues to which the regional operations group had gone. I also add that only yesterday in Geraldton, and statewide, there were a number of drug busts. In fact, particular attention was focused on Geraldton as part of that. That was well in train before the meeting yesterday.
I can confirm that the regional operations group has been deployed to regional areas in Western Australia. Some members opposite have suggested in the past that it is operative in only the metropolitan area. That is not correct. In fact, either earlier this year or late last year I provided one of the National Party members with a list of country venues to which the regional operations group had gone. I also add that only yesterday in Geraldton, and statewide, there were a number of drug busts. In fact, particular attention was focused on Geraldton as part of that. That was well in train before the meeting yesterday.
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