❓ A parliamentary question regarding disability funding in Western Australia leads to heated exchanges and the suspension of Mr. Omodei from the House due to repeated interjections and refusal to withdraw comments deemed inappropriate by the Speaker.
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As a supplementary question, can the Premier advise how many people with disabilities in this State will miss out on much-needed funding as a result of the blatant efforts of the minister and the Premier to placate their union mates at the expense of people with disabilities? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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As I said, the Minister for Disability Services has answered all those questions. What is more, the Government has made a commitment of funds to the disability sector that will allow more people in our State to access accommodation services. The disgrace of this issue is that the member should ask questions like that when he should join with us - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: As I said, the Minister for Disability Services has answered all those questions. What is more, the Government has made a commitment of funds to the disability sector that will allow more people in our State to access accommodation services. The disgrace of this issue is that the member should ask questions like that when he should join with us - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
As I said, the Minister for Disability Services has answered all those questions. What is more, the Government has made a commitment of funds to the disability sector that will allow more people in our State to access accommodation services. The disgrace of this issue is that the member should ask questions like that when he should join with us - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
[The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: As I said, the Minister for Disability Services has answered all those questions. What is more, the Government has made a commitment of funds to the disability sector that will allow more people in our State to access accommodation services. The disgrace of this issue is that the member should ask questions like that when he should join with us - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
As I said, the Minister for Disability Services has answered all those questions. What is more, the Government has made a commitment of funds to the disability sector that will allow more people in our State to access accommodation services. The disgrace of this issue is that the member should ask questions like that when he should join with us - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will withdraw that comment. Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei: Mr Speaker, there has been a series of petitions in this Parliament. The Premier knows about it and he should be doing something about it. The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: Withdraw that statement. Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr P.D. Omodei: There is not enough funding for people with disabilities in Western Australia. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: I name the member for Warren-Blackwood. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER: The question is - That the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended from the service of the House. Question put and passed. [The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
[The member for Warren-Blackwood left the Chamber.] Questions without Notice Resumed
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