❓ Mr Catania questions the Minister for Police on the loss of Fitzroy Crossing's dentist due to crime, implying the Minister's efforts are failing. The Minister strongly defends the police and blames the previous government.
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CRIME AND ANTISOCIAL
BEHAVIOUR — REGIONS
803. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the minister's
response to my question on 14 October regarding crime in Fitzroy Crossing, in
which he said, and I quote, ''We are addressing those challenges.''
(1) If the
minister has been addressing those challenges, why has the community now lost
its only dentist in what community leaders say is a mass exodus of people who
are leaving the town due to crime?
(2) Has the
minister been working with the Minister for Health to ensure that his failure
does not impact the local health services any further?
BEHAVIOUR — REGIONS
803. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the minister's
response to my question on 14 October regarding crime in Fitzroy Crossing, in
which he said, and I quote, ''We are addressing those challenges.''
(1) If the
minister has been addressing those challenges, why has the community now lost
its only dentist in what community leaders say is a mass exodus of people who
are leaving the town due to crime?
(2) Has the
minister been working with the Minister for Health to ensure that his failure
does not impact the local health services any further?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
have done a bit in my life, but dentistry is not my specialty. At the outset, I
have to defend the integrity and performance of the Western Australian police
officers in Fitzroy Crossing. They are an outstanding team. They are a wonderful, wonderful team of individuals—dedicated
Western Australian public servants —who are doing an incredible
job, and in just about every one of the officers' cases, they have been
doing that incredible job for years in both the Kimberley and other regional
areas, where they confront difficult, challenging environments. Many of them
are often in far more remote places than Fitzroy Crossing, where they operate
with one other police officer if they are fortunate. They are an incredible
asset to the state.
To
suggest that they are not doing a good job in Fitzroy Crossing is just
disgraceful. I am not going to bother gracing that ridiculous question
with an answer beyond saying that our Western Australia Police Force is doing a
great job everywhere in this state, but particularly in Fitzroy Crossing, which
is a very difficult, challenging environment that we inherited from a pathetic
government. Over the eight and a half years of the Barnett government, it did
nothing to assist that town.
have done a bit in my life, but dentistry is not my specialty. At the outset, I
have to defend the integrity and performance of the Western Australian police
officers in Fitzroy Crossing. They are an outstanding team. They are a wonderful, wonderful team of individuals—dedicated
Western Australian public servants —who are doing an incredible
job, and in just about every one of the officers' cases, they have been
doing that incredible job for years in both the Kimberley and other regional
areas, where they confront difficult, challenging environments. Many of them
are often in far more remote places than Fitzroy Crossing, where they operate
with one other police officer if they are fortunate. They are an incredible
asset to the state.
To
suggest that they are not doing a good job in Fitzroy Crossing is just
disgraceful. I am not going to bother gracing that ridiculous question
with an answer beyond saying that our Western Australia Police Force is doing a
great job everywhere in this state, but particularly in Fitzroy Crossing, which
is a very difficult, challenging environment that we inherited from a pathetic
government. Over the eight and a half years of the Barnett government, it did
nothing to assist that town.
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