❓ Mr. Johnson questions the Tourism Minister about the Rottnest Island Authority's management of the Rottnest Hotel and the cost of Pitcher Partners' assistance. The Minister deflects, highlighting overall investment in Rottnest Island and attacking the questioner.
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I refer the minister to an answer provided in the Legislative Council yesterday regarding the employment of Pitcher Partners by the Rottnest Island Authority in which it was revealed that it is the Rottnest Island Authority, not Pitcher Partners, that is managing the Rottnest Hotel on a day-to-day basis. (1) If the Rottnest Island Authority is managing the hotel on a day-to-day basis, can the minister please elaborate on the expert assistance and financial support that Pitcher Partners is now providing? (2) Is the minister aware that this expert assistance and financial support is being provided at a cost of $195 an hour, with a total estimated cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars? (3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA
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(1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(1) If the Rottnest Island Authority is managing the hotel on a day-to-day basis, can the minister please elaborate on the expert assistance and financial support that Pitcher Partners is now providing? (2) Is the minister aware that this expert assistance and financial support is being provided at a cost of $195 an hour, with a total estimated cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars? (3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(2) Is the minister aware that this expert assistance and financial support is being provided at a cost of $195 an hour, with a total estimated cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars? (3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(1) If the Rottnest Island Authority is managing the hotel on a day-to-day basis, can the minister please elaborate on the expert assistance and financial support that Pitcher Partners is now providing? (2) Is the minister aware that this expert assistance and financial support is being provided at a cost of $195 an hour, with a total estimated cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars? (3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(2) Is the minister aware that this expert assistance and financial support is being provided at a cost of $195 an hour, with a total estimated cost of almost a quarter of a million dollars? (3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(3) Did the minister approve this expenditure, and is it the Rottnest Island Authority that will foot the bill from Pitcher Partners? Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Mr R.C. KUCERA replied: (1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
(1)-(3) The question was properly answered in another place yesterday. It is a management issue that is being handled by the Rottnest Island Authority - it is simple as that. While on my feet, we have also provided a capital works program of $6 million for the island, some $2.9 million for holiday and tourism facilities, and $3.1 million for infrastructure and operational activities. This is an increase of $1.5 million above the 2003-04 allocation, in addition to the current management structure. The task force will report soon, as I said the other day, at which time the Government will consider funding for that matter. This will be almost the first time in its history that the island will be put on a sound financial footing. If it costs money in terms of professionalism and profession consultants, so be it; that is a matter for it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Mr R.C. KUCERA: That goes to show the ignorance of the member for Hillarys. To call the Quokka Arms just a pub is an insult to every Western Australian who has grown up and been on holiday there. Members can tell where the member for Hillarys comes from. Members can tell he has not been part of the proud traditions of this State. Every youngster has grown up on that island. My son took my grand-daughter to the island for the first time to be part of the tradition my family has had for 35 years - that tradition will continue. Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
Let us get back to being serious. The hotel at Rottnest is an integral part of the whole system that supports the island. Under the current direction of the acting chief executive officer of the island and the Rottnest Island Authority, it is being properly managed and giving some very welcome cash flow to the island as it is.
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