❓ Opposition questions the Housing Minister regarding a petition from homeless people and requests the Minister meet with them, along with the Minister for Police, suggesting an apology is needed. The Housing Minister repeatedly defers to the Premier, who has already met with the group.
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STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister accept this petition from the vilified homeless people outside this building; will the minister meet them rather than just driving past; and, will the minister take the insensitive Minister for Police with him? Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister accept this petition from the vilified homeless people outside this building; will the minister meet them rather than just driving past; and, will the minister take the insensitive Minister for Police with him? Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
I would defer to a higher power, and that would be the Premier, who has already met with them. Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr M. McGowan : Did he take the Minister for Police out there? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I am sure they raised issues. Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr M. McGowan : Why doesn’t he go out there and apologise? Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : He’s not the Premier! Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : This one is the Premier, and that one is the Minister for Police! The Premier met with them. This is a serious issue. The Premier has taken time out of his day to meet with them, the housing strategy will be released soon, and we will continue to add to a very impressive record, achieved over a very short time, in delivering affordable housing for Western Australia.
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