❓ Mrs. Harvey questions the Minister for Transport about a dispute involving Transdev WA bus drivers, urging intervention. The Minister deflects, highlighting the Commonwealth's role and accusing the opposition of hypocrisy regarding privatisation.
AnsweredQoN 754Legislative Assembly
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BUS DRIVERS —
TRANSDEV WA
754. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question. Even
though Transdev is privately owned, it provides —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members on my
right.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Are you
getting your advice or are you listening?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Can you get to
the point, please, member.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Minister —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Even though —
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Even though Transdev
is privately owned, it provides services to the public transport system, which
the minister is ultimately responsible for. Will the minister now take
responsibility and intervene to ensure this dispute does not continue?
TRANSDEV WA
754. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question. Even
though Transdev is privately owned, it provides —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members on my
right.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Are you
getting your advice or are you listening?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Can you get to
the point, please, member.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Minister —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Even though —
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Girrawheen, I call you to order for the second time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Even though Transdev
is privately owned, it provides services to the public transport system, which
the minister is ultimately responsible for. Will the minister now take
responsibility and intervene to ensure this dispute does not continue?
AnswerView source ↗
I love how they yell out words like ''puppetmaster''
when the opposition member is reading the supplementary questions word by word
by word. I love the fact that the member reads all her questions word by word
by word.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Of course,
the minister —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Eight
months.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Eight months!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Of course,
the Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations has advice and provides
comments on these matters, and, of course, I would always want to hear from the
Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations on these matters. As I said, we
do not like any disruption to the network, but it was protected industrial
action under the commonwealth system. In relation to privatisation, the
opposition comes in here advocating for privatisation day after day after day.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The opposition
advocates for the privatisation of services on the front line, such as Western Power,
and then comes in here and says that the minister has to manage every
privatised contract on a day-to-day basis. That cannot happen.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It cannot
happen.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough, I call you to order for the third time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We should
congratulate all those involved today who put in that extra effort to make sure
that the disruption across the network was minimised.
when the opposition member is reading the supplementary questions word by word
by word. I love the fact that the member reads all her questions word by word
by word.
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Of course,
the minister —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Eight
months.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Eight months!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : Of course,
the Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations has advice and provides
comments on these matters, and, of course, I would always want to hear from the
Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations on these matters. As I said, we
do not like any disruption to the network, but it was protected industrial
action under the commonwealth system. In relation to privatisation, the
opposition comes in here advocating for privatisation day after day after day.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The opposition
advocates for the privatisation of services on the front line, such as Western Power,
and then comes in here and says that the minister has to manage every
privatised contract on a day-to-day basis. That cannot happen.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It cannot
happen.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough, I call you to order for the third time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : We should
congratulate all those involved today who put in that extra effort to make sure
that the disruption across the network was minimised.
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