❓ Ms Mettam asks the Minister for Health Infrastructure to confirm the operational date of the women's and babies' hospital as 2029. The Minister confirms the date but uses the opportunity to criticise the WA Liberals' alternative proposal.
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Women's and babies' hospital
457. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I have a
supplementary question.
As I stated, the
minister stated in estimates this year that the hospital will be completed and
operational—
The Speaker: Member for Vasse, your preamble is far
too long. Just ask the question, please.
Ms Libby Mettam: Can the minister confirm that the
hospital will be operational in 2029?
457. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I have a
supplementary question.
As I stated, the
minister stated in estimates this year that the hospital will be completed and
operational—
The Speaker: Member for Vasse, your preamble is far
too long. Just ask the question, please.
Ms Libby Mettam: Can the minister confirm that the
hospital will be operational in 2029?
AnswerView source ↗
I can confirm that
we will be opening the hospital in 2029. I also remind everyone in this chamber
that had we adopted the alternative proposal by the WA Liberals, who took to
the election the most flim-flam policy documents, including for Royal Perth Hospital,
using AI-generators to create some sort of 3D rubbish—
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
Mr John Carey: I thank the member for Cottesloe, who
has the greatest glass jaw known in WA.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition!
Mr John Carey: The member for Central Wheatbelt is a
great ally to the LGBTQI community.
The Speaker: Minister.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Mr John Carey: The screaming and yelling from the
member for Cottesloe and the member for Central Wheatbelt is no surprise; they
do it consistently in this chamber and it is a poor reflection on them.
The truth is that the WA Liberals took little to no
plans to the election. They wanted to be an alternative state government,
but their plan—I should not call it a "plan"—their ill-thought-out
proposal would have seen a women's and babies' hospital—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition, that was not
the question that you asked as a supplementary.
Mr John Carey: The women's and babies' hospital would
never have been delivered. It would have been way out into the never-never. We
are very confident that we will deliver a beautiful hospital for Western
Australians.
we will be opening the hospital in 2029. I also remind everyone in this chamber
that had we adopted the alternative proposal by the WA Liberals, who took to
the election the most flim-flam policy documents, including for Royal Perth Hospital,
using AI-generators to create some sort of 3D rubbish—
Ms Sandra Brewer interjected.
Mr John Carey: I thank the member for Cottesloe, who
has the greatest glass jaw known in WA.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition!
Mr John Carey: The member for Central Wheatbelt is a
great ally to the LGBTQI community.
The Speaker: Minister.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt!
Mr John Carey: The screaming and yelling from the
member for Cottesloe and the member for Central Wheatbelt is no surprise; they
do it consistently in this chamber and it is a poor reflection on them.
The truth is that the WA Liberals took little to no
plans to the election. They wanted to be an alternative state government,
but their plan—I should not call it a "plan"—their ill-thought-out
proposal would have seen a women's and babies' hospital—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition, that was not
the question that you asked as a supplementary.
Mr John Carey: The women's and babies' hospital would
never have been delivered. It would have been way out into the never-never. We
are very confident that we will deliver a beautiful hospital for Western
Australians.
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