❓ Dr. Honey questions the delay in removing flammable cladding from Fiona Stanley Hospital. The Minister for Health defends the timeline, citing the scale of the project across government assets and blaming the previous Liberal government for the initial construction.
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FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL — CLADDING —
FIRE RISK
476. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. How
can it possibly take over four years to remove this serious hazard from one of
our major hospitals?
Several members interjected.
FIRE RISK
476. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. How
can it possibly take over four years to remove this serious hazard from one of
our major hospitals?
Several members interjected.
AnswerView source ↗
As I said, this is not a one-off
project. This work is going on right across all government assets. A lot of
them are health assets, so it is a big part of the work. As members have
pointed out, it was not us who built Fiona Stanley Hospital. We funded it, of
course, when we were in government—that is something members opposite
would never acknowledge—but it was not us who built it. Perhaps the
Leader of the Liberal Party needs to go back to the dodgy builder, which was
the Liberal Barnett government.
That work is ongoing. It is
extensive work right across the WA Country Health Service. To provide members
with further information, small amounts of
low-risk ACPs and polycarbonate were identified at Busselton Health Campus ,
Narrogin Hospital, Onslow Hospital and Warren Hospital. This work is going on
right across the hospital sector. Obviously,
we want to get onto Fiona Stanley Hospital as quickly as possible, but as I explained,
it is complex work . That is why, to date, the work has focused on
remediation, particularly on the entrances and exits of the building. The
situation is under control and is being worked through as a matter of course.
project. This work is going on right across all government assets. A lot of
them are health assets, so it is a big part of the work. As members have
pointed out, it was not us who built Fiona Stanley Hospital. We funded it, of
course, when we were in government—that is something members opposite
would never acknowledge—but it was not us who built it. Perhaps the
Leader of the Liberal Party needs to go back to the dodgy builder, which was
the Liberal Barnett government.
That work is ongoing. It is
extensive work right across the WA Country Health Service. To provide members
with further information, small amounts of
low-risk ACPs and polycarbonate were identified at Busselton Health Campus ,
Narrogin Hospital, Onslow Hospital and Warren Hospital. This work is going on
right across the hospital sector. Obviously,
we want to get onto Fiona Stanley Hospital as quickly as possible, but as I explained,
it is complex work . That is why, to date, the work has focused on
remediation, particularly on the entrances and exits of the building. The
situation is under control and is being worked through as a matter of course.
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