❓ Mrs. Hayden asks the Premier to commit to providing five weeks' notice to small businesses before opening interstate borders. The Premier avoids a direct commitment, criticises the Liberal Party's stance, and highlights WA's strong economic performance.
AnsweredQoN 759Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — INTERSTATE BORDER
RESTRICTIONS — TOURISM INDUSTRY
759. Mrs
A.K. HAYDEN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the Premier commit to providing five weeks' notice to small
businesses so they can prepare before he opens the interstate borders?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
RESTRICTIONS — TOURISM INDUSTRY
759. Mrs
A.K. HAYDEN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the Premier commit to providing five weeks' notice to small
businesses so they can prepare before he opens the interstate borders?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
AnswerView source ↗
If we get different health advice
and we change our position, we will provide advice to the people of the state.
I do not really understand the Liberal Party at all. It is always looking for
ways to try to undermine. It was just a silly question. It was really, really
silly.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member, you
have had two goes.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The opposition
is always trying to find ways to undermine and nitpick about what we have done.
Overwhelmingly, businesses across the state are happy that we are not in the
position of the eastern states or places around the world. I have walked into
numerous small businesses whose owners are happy with the arrangements in place
in Western Australia. In fact, one of the biggest problems in our state is that
we need more people to work in businesses. That is not the problem over east.
Our problem is that at this time we have the strongest growth and the strongest
demand for employees in the history of the state—significantly stronger
than that in the eastern states.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, can you just be quiet for a minute.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Once again,
the member for Bateman said something silly.
I remind members that we went
through a pandemic in March and April of this year in which people were
terrified.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first and second times.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It was one of
the most significant events of my lifetime. It was probably the most
significant international event of my lifetime. The member for Bateman moans
and carps away, ''Oh, my goodness.'' Like every other country in
the world and every other state, our employment rate decreased. Is that not
terrible, member for Bateman? Unlike every other country in the world and
unlike every other state, we are regaining jobs at a record rate. That is
because of the measures that we have put in place in cooperation with the
business community and the people of the state. The only people in Western Australia
who hate what we have done, who want to undermine the closure of the borders we
put in place and who want to support Clive Palmer are members of the Liberal
Party. Their behaviour during this whole period has been nothing short of a disgrace.
Richard Court, Colin Barnett, Charles Court
and every other Liberal leader I have known in my lifetime would not believe
the way they have acted over this period. The way they have conducted
themselves is embarrassing. The Liberal Party in Western Australia was once a powerhouse;
now it is just a backwater—a tepid swamp of negativity and carping.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! The
swamp is making too much noise.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is a tepid
swamp of negativity and carping, and is undermining the great result Western Australia
is achieving.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
and we change our position, we will provide advice to the people of the state.
I do not really understand the Liberal Party at all. It is always looking for
ways to try to undermine. It was just a silly question. It was really, really
silly.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member, you
have had two goes.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The opposition
is always trying to find ways to undermine and nitpick about what we have done.
Overwhelmingly, businesses across the state are happy that we are not in the
position of the eastern states or places around the world. I have walked into
numerous small businesses whose owners are happy with the arrangements in place
in Western Australia. In fact, one of the biggest problems in our state is that
we need more people to work in businesses. That is not the problem over east.
Our problem is that at this time we have the strongest growth and the strongest
demand for employees in the history of the state—significantly stronger
than that in the eastern states.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, can you just be quiet for a minute.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Once again,
the member for Bateman said something silly.
I remind members that we went
through a pandemic in March and April of this year in which people were
terrified.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Bateman, I call you to order for the first and second times.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It was one of
the most significant events of my lifetime. It was probably the most
significant international event of my lifetime. The member for Bateman moans
and carps away, ''Oh, my goodness.'' Like every other country in
the world and every other state, our employment rate decreased. Is that not
terrible, member for Bateman? Unlike every other country in the world and
unlike every other state, we are regaining jobs at a record rate. That is
because of the measures that we have put in place in cooperation with the
business community and the people of the state. The only people in Western Australia
who hate what we have done, who want to undermine the closure of the borders we
put in place and who want to support Clive Palmer are members of the Liberal
Party. Their behaviour during this whole period has been nothing short of a disgrace.
Richard Court, Colin Barnett, Charles Court
and every other Liberal leader I have known in my lifetime would not believe
the way they have acted over this period. The way they have conducted
themselves is embarrassing. The Liberal Party in Western Australia was once a powerhouse;
now it is just a backwater—a tepid swamp of negativity and carping.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! The
swamp is making too much noise.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is a tepid
swamp of negativity and carping, and is undermining the great result Western Australia
is achieving.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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