Hon Simon O’Brien questions the government's delay in responding to the Allied Health Taskforce report. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich states a response is imminent, leading to interjections and disagreement over the adequacy of the answer.

AnsweredQoN 739Legislative Council
Asked
19 March 2003
Portfolio
Health

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(1) When did the Government receive the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues? (2) Is it true that the Government undertook to respond to the report last year? (3) Why has a response to the report not been forthcoming? (4) When will a public response be made? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(2) Is it true that the Government undertook to respond to the report last year? (3) Why has a response to the report not been forthcoming? (4) When will a public response be made? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(3) Why has a response to the report not been forthcoming? (4) When will a public response be made? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(4) When will a public response be made? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(1) The minister received a copy of the report on 24 July 2002. (2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(2) The minister requested the Department of Health to examine the report of the Allied Health Taskforce on Workforce Issues and report back to the minister by the end of 2002. (3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(3) The report represents a comparative view of the allied health professions in Western Australia, raises significant issues and offers a range of constructive suggestions and strategies to progress strategic work force planning in this area. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission - Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
Hon Simon O’Brien interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: Listen to the answer; the member is disturbing me. Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
Hon Simon O’Brien: You are not giving me an answer. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH: This is the answer provided by the minister. The member may not like the answer, but this is the answer. (4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.
(4) The Department of Health and the Disability Services Commission have been jointly considering the report. A public response is imminent.

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