❓ Mrs. Harvey asks when non-frontline public servants can work from home, mirroring the private sector's COVID-19 response. The Premier responds that essential services must continue, and closures will only occur as a last resort based on medical advice, urging the opposition to be constructive.
AnsweredQoN 187Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — PUBLIC
SECTOR WORKERS
187. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. At what point in time will non–frontline
public servants be able to work from home , consistent with the lead
taken by the private sector to protect staff and the broader community?
SECTOR WORKERS
187. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. At what point in time will non–frontline
public servants be able to work from home , consistent with the lead
taken by the private sector to protect staff and the broader community?
AnswerView source ↗
We
have to keep our community functioning. Our community has to keep on functioning.
All those people out there doing their jobs I would expect need to keep doing
their jobs until we get a health advice otherwise. We have to keep providing
essential services. We have to keep providing services to the public. We need
the private economy to keep on functioning. This is important. This is
important for the survival of businesses and essential services for the
community. You do not close down offices, factories, construction sites and
mines unless it is an absolute last resort; otherwise, our economy will suffer
grievously, thousands upon thousands of people will go bankrupt, our health
services will suffer, and our schools and our children will suffer. You do not
do it lightly. It has to be on the very best of medical advice, and I do not have
that medical advice at this point in time. I urge the opposition to be
constructive in this environment. Do not be nitpicking and trying to find ways
of creating political advantage. It is the wrong thing to do in this
environment.
have to keep our community functioning. Our community has to keep on functioning.
All those people out there doing their jobs I would expect need to keep doing
their jobs until we get a health advice otherwise. We have to keep providing
essential services. We have to keep providing services to the public. We need
the private economy to keep on functioning. This is important. This is
important for the survival of businesses and essential services for the
community. You do not close down offices, factories, construction sites and
mines unless it is an absolute last resort; otherwise, our economy will suffer
grievously, thousands upon thousands of people will go bankrupt, our health
services will suffer, and our schools and our children will suffer. You do not
do it lightly. It has to be on the very best of medical advice, and I do not have
that medical advice at this point in time. I urge the opposition to be
constructive in this environment. Do not be nitpicking and trying to find ways
of creating political advantage. It is the wrong thing to do in this
environment.
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