❓ The Minister for Corrective Services addresses concerns about the state of Broome Regional Prison, outlining a $11.2 million upgrade plan to alleviate overcrowding and improve security, including temporary facilities and phased tender releases.
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BROOME REGIONAL PRISON - CONDITION
I refer the minister to the state of the Broome Regional Prison and the report from the Inspector of Custodial Services. Will the minister provide information about what will be done about the prison? Ms M.M. QUIRK
I refer the minister to the state of the Broome Regional Prison and the report from the Inspector of Custodial Services. Will the minister provide information about what will be done about the prison? Ms M.M. QUIRK
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Mr Speaker - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: Mr Speaker - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr Speaker - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK replied: Mr Speaker - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr Speaker - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for her question. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take her seat. I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. I suggest that I will name him if he quite deliberately breaches my rulings. Does he understand that? Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Mr T. Buswell : Yes, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Good. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Nedlands! Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I know that the member for Nedlands is keen to get to Bunker Bay. If she ceases and desists, we will be able to accommodate her, although if I had my way, I would just settle for a bunker for her! Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Several members interjected. Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I thank the member for the question and for her strong and tireless commitment and advocacy for the Kimberley and for better conditions at Broome Regional Prison. Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Broome Regional Prison is widely regarded as having lived well past its use-by date. It is continuing to experience serious overcrowding and its replacement is currently under consideration. However, as an interim measure to alleviate these conditions, the government has committed $11.2 million to upgrade the prison in the short term. This money will provide much needed upgrades. Consultants have been engaged, planning work and tender documents have been completed and temporary facilities are being procured. Integral to the program are significant improvements to the prison’s perimeter security and condition upgrades to both the men’s and women’s maximum-security facilities. The works will also increase space in the prison to help ease some of the overcrowding issues and to provide areas for more education and vocational courses to be run. The Department of Housing and Works, which will coordinate the works and administer all the contracts, will progressively release tender documentation for four packages. The four packages are as follows. First, a relocatable temporary education centre has already been procured. This will be installed on-site and transported to Broome by 25 May, which will allow the existing education area to be vacated ahead of the construction of a new education centre. The transportable will be reused at the prison once the new education centre has been completed. Second, a forward works package to upgrade the site’s electrical supply is being completed and will be advertised for tender on 18 April for this work to be completed ahead of the upgrade works. The tender will be in the market for the minimum period, which is three weeks in accordance with government procurement guidelines. Third, documentation for the new perimeter fence is well progressed, and this component will be advertised for tender on 25 April with work scheduled to be completed by 28 December. Fourth, the balance of the upgrade works will be advertised for tender on 30 May. Depending on the tender outcomes, it is anticipated that a contract could be awarded by 20 July. These works are scheduled to be completed by 31 March 2008.
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