❓ Mr Zempilas questions the Premier on the disparity between funding allocation for a racetrack and certainty for cancer patients. The Premier responds by highlighting the government's investment in a new women's and babies' hospital, contrasting it with the opposition's previous plans.
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Health—Radiation therapy services
175. Mr Basil Zempilas to the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. The government can announce before the state budget
that funding has been allocated for a racetrack. Why can it not provide the
same—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! The interjections are correct,
Leader of the Opposition. The preamble into the supplementary is quite lengthy,
and it should not be, but I will let you finish it. Start again, and I will let
you finish it today.
Mr Basil Zempilas: The
government has allocated funding for a racetrack. Why can it not provide that
same certainty for cancer patients today?
175. Mr Basil Zempilas to the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. The government can announce before the state budget
that funding has been allocated for a racetrack. Why can it not provide the
same—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! The interjections are correct,
Leader of the Opposition. The preamble into the supplementary is quite lengthy,
and it should not be, but I will let you finish it. Start again, and I will let
you finish it today.
Mr Basil Zempilas: The
government has allocated funding for a racetrack. Why can it not provide that
same certainty for cancer patients today?
AnswerView source ↗
I can provide the
same certainty for people who need gynaecological and maternity services, with
a $1.8 billion announcement today for a new women's and babies' hospital—a
hospital which, under the failed former Leader of the Opposition, the member
for Vasse, would not have been developed until the late 2030s. We will deliver
this hospital almost a full decade faster than that sorry crew over there proposed
to in the state election. As the member for Vasse, the failed—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Order!
Mr Roger Cook: As the member for Vasse, that failed
Leader of the Opposition, has pointed out, the election was a referendum on
where the women's and babies' hospital would be developed, and when it would be
developed.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! Premier, just wait. Members, you
are making it extremely difficult for Hansard to actually capture what is being
said, so if you could just let the Premier finish his comments, that would be
appreciated.
Mr Roger Cook: As the member for Vasse, the failed former
Leader of the Opposition, has pointed out, the election was a referendum on the
opposition's health policies versus ours. I am very proud to say that the
Western Australian community provided an absolutely emphatic vote of
confidence.
The Speaker: Thank you, Premier. Members, that
concludes question time.
same certainty for people who need gynaecological and maternity services, with
a $1.8 billion announcement today for a new women's and babies' hospital—a
hospital which, under the failed former Leader of the Opposition, the member
for Vasse, would not have been developed until the late 2030s. We will deliver
this hospital almost a full decade faster than that sorry crew over there proposed
to in the state election. As the member for Vasse, the failed—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Order!
Mr Roger Cook: As the member for Vasse, that failed
Leader of the Opposition, has pointed out, the election was a referendum on
where the women's and babies' hospital would be developed, and when it would be
developed.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! Premier, just wait. Members, you
are making it extremely difficult for Hansard to actually capture what is being
said, so if you could just let the Premier finish his comments, that would be
appreciated.
Mr Roger Cook: As the member for Vasse, the failed former
Leader of the Opposition, has pointed out, the election was a referendum on the
opposition's health policies versus ours. I am very proud to say that the
Western Australian community provided an absolutely emphatic vote of
confidence.
The Speaker: Thank you, Premier. Members, that
concludes question time.
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