❓ A parliamentary question regarding the implementation of seatbelts on school buses, focusing on the definition of 'school bus', seat guarantees, and the delay in policy implementation. The Premier's response is evasive and deflects criticism.
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I refer to Labor’s policy of 2001 to trial the implementation of seatbelts in school buses, to its previous opposition to compulsory seatbelts for schoolchildren and to the Premier’s miraculous backflip on Sunday, and I ask, under the Premier’s new policy - (1) What is the definition of a school bus? (2) Will all schoolchildren be guaranteed a seat on a school bus? (3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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(1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(1) What is the definition of a school bus? (2) Will all schoolchildren be guaranteed a seat on a school bus? (3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(2) Will all schoolchildren be guaranteed a seat on a school bus? (3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(1) What is the definition of a school bus? (2) Will all schoolchildren be guaranteed a seat on a school bus? (3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(2) Will all schoolchildren be guaranteed a seat on a school bus? (3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(3) Why has it taken more than four years, the death of a young girl from Eaton, intensive lobbying by the Mosquito Mums Action Group and a near tragedy at Baldivis before the Premier even started talking about implementing his policy on compulsory seatbelts for our schoolchildren? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(1) The minister at the time made it clear that work was going on in Queensland that was the basis of the trial we had here. (2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
(2) The government of Western Australia has been working with all of the other states on developing criteria under which seatbelts will be put on school buses throughout Australia. A lot of information has come forward and a lot of work has been done on this matter. I announced on Sunday that we would add to that work the position that there would be a compulsion to fit seatbelts on all of our school buses. Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr J.H.D. Day : What is the definition of a school bus? Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : Those opposite are trying to be smart. The people of Western Australia know what we are talking about. We made it very clear in a statement that we put out on Sunday that we were not talking about the MTT service - Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr J.H.D. Day : Transperth. Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : - or Transperth, for two reasons: first, people are getting on and off those buses all the time; and, second, there are considerations at peak times. The full range of this policy will be announced in the implementation plan. I find it extraordinary - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : After four years, you don’t know, Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : What did opposition members say? Members of the opposition said - Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : You’re in government. Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : No, this is what opposition members said: they said that we should have new school buses with seatbelts, and we have agreed with that. Secondly, they said we should have a timetable to retrofit the existing buses, and we are going to do that. Why are opposition members in this Parliament today raising these issues? It is pathetic. Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Mr M.J. Cowper : You don’t know. You never had any idea. Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : So, the member is the expert! Where is the member’s policy? Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : On a point of order, I quite clearly heard the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure call the member a liar. The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
The SPEAKER : I am sure if the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said that, she will withdraw. I did not hear that comment. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP : The opposition has not produced a detailed policy. The government of Western Australia will do so, and it will be based on all of our school buses that are used in the system to take our kids to school. We will lead the nation on this issue.
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