❓ Mr. Cook accuses the Minister for Health of dishonesty regarding the Fiona Stanley Hospital commissioning delay. The Minister acknowledges the question and defends the project, citing complexities with the ICT contract.
AnsweredQoN 379Legislative Assembly
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FIONA
STANLEY HOSPITAL — COMMISSIONING DELAY
379. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Who is at fault here: the
minister's department for providing the minister with false and
misleading information or the minister for his dishonesty in misleading the WA
public prior to the election?
STANLEY HOSPITAL — COMMISSIONING DELAY
379. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Who is at fault here: the
minister's department for providing the minister with false and
misleading information or the minister for his dishonesty in misleading the WA
public prior to the election?
AnswerView source ↗
I know that probably is not correct but I am still happy to
answer it.
Withdrawal of Remark
The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana,
I want you to withdraw your imputation that the minister is deliberately
misleading the house.
Mr R.H. COOK : I will withdraw
deliberately, Mr Speaker.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr
K.D. HAMES : I am happy. We know what he thinks and how they operate on that
side of the house. The reality is —
Mr
R.H. Cook : We know how you act. You acted one way before the election and
another after the election.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Kwinana, I call to you order for the second time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : I am telling the truth. The Labor Party will easily discover
that that is the case. The reality is that we are out there building a massive
facility—a $2 billion hospital—that will enormously benefit the
people of Western Australia. As it turns out, because of the complexity of the
computer contract —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Who paid for it? It was this side of the house.
Mr
C.J. Barnett : The taxpayers.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : Yes, the taxpayers are paying for it; that is who. It is not
the member's taxpayers; his taxpayers' dollars come from the
poor little people who are his members, while he wastes money on election
campaigns that did absolutely nothing. The biggest swing to our side was in the
areas where the Labor Party campaigned the hardest. How good was that?
The
SPEAKER : Minister.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : We are building a massive new facility in the new Fiona Stanley
Hospital. It will be state of the art. There have been some difficulties
getting the information and communications technology done because it is
extremely complex, but we will be opening it in 2014.
answer it.
Withdrawal of Remark
The SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana,
I want you to withdraw your imputation that the minister is deliberately
misleading the house.
Mr R.H. COOK : I will withdraw
deliberately, Mr Speaker.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr
K.D. HAMES : I am happy. We know what he thinks and how they operate on that
side of the house. The reality is —
Mr
R.H. Cook : We know how you act. You acted one way before the election and
another after the election.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Kwinana, I call to you order for the second time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : I am telling the truth. The Labor Party will easily discover
that that is the case. The reality is that we are out there building a massive
facility—a $2 billion hospital—that will enormously benefit the
people of Western Australia. As it turns out, because of the complexity of the
computer contract —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Who paid for it? It was this side of the house.
Mr
C.J. Barnett : The taxpayers.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : Yes, the taxpayers are paying for it; that is who. It is not
the member's taxpayers; his taxpayers' dollars come from the
poor little people who are his members, while he wastes money on election
campaigns that did absolutely nothing. The biggest swing to our side was in the
areas where the Labor Party campaigned the hardest. How good was that?
The
SPEAKER : Minister.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : We are building a massive new facility in the new Fiona Stanley
Hospital. It will be state of the art. There have been some difficulties
getting the information and communications technology done because it is
extremely complex, but we will be opening it in 2014.
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