❓ Mr. Katsambanis questions Premier McGowan's claim of not receiving meeting requests from the WA Police Union, leading to a dispute over the definition of a 'meeting' and prior commitments.
AnsweredQoN 705Legislative Assembly
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WA POLICE UNION —
MEETING REQUEST
705. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, I say on
behalf of the Speaker, the member for Kalgoorlie and the member for Cannington
that we wish the Collingwood Football Club the best of luck tomorrow night. We
also wish for a Collingwood–West Coast grand final!
My question is a serious question to
the Premier. I refer to my question on Tuesday about the Premier's
refusal to meet WA police and their union representatives, when he stated —
� the premise of the member's
question is incorrect. I am unaware of any request for a meeting from the police
union.
Given that the WA Police Union has
confirmed that it has approached the Premier on three separate occasions in the
last six months for a meeting, including the last occasion, which was refused
by the Premier's office last week, who is actually misleading WA police—the
Premier or the union?
MEETING REQUEST
705. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, I say on
behalf of the Speaker, the member for Kalgoorlie and the member for Cannington
that we wish the Collingwood Football Club the best of luck tomorrow night. We
also wish for a Collingwood–West Coast grand final!
My question is a serious question to
the Premier. I refer to my question on Tuesday about the Premier's
refusal to meet WA police and their union representatives, when he stated —
� the premise of the member's
question is incorrect. I am unaware of any request for a meeting from the police
union.
Given that the WA Police Union has
confirmed that it has approached the Premier on three separate occasions in the
last six months for a meeting, including the last occasion, which was refused
by the Premier's office last week, who is actually misleading WA police—the
Premier or the union?
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The advice from my office is that
there was a request from the police union for me to attend an event at the
police union conference with some officers in some sort of closed-door session
when the conference is being held.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Yes; a meeting.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the
member's interpretation of a meeting. My interpretation of a meeting
would be them coming to my office.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : So you
are so special that they have to come to you?
Mr M. McGOWAN : The advice
from my office is that they invited me to some sort of closed-door session at
the police union conference. The session itself is being held on the same —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : What
about the other two requests?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The event to which they invited me,
which I learnt about yesterday or today, is on the same day as the Ellenbrook
community cabinet, which is already booked. I am going to the Ellenbrook
community cabinet, because that is a commitment we have made to the community
of Ellenbrook. We have a huge amount of time for the community of Ellenbrook
and we have a huge amount of time for our police officers across Western Australia,
but I cannot be in two places at once.
there was a request from the police union for me to attend an event at the
police union conference with some officers in some sort of closed-door session
when the conference is being held.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : Yes; a meeting.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the
member's interpretation of a meeting. My interpretation of a meeting
would be them coming to my office.
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : So you
are so special that they have to come to you?
Mr M. McGOWAN : The advice
from my office is that they invited me to some sort of closed-door session at
the police union conference. The session itself is being held on the same —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis : What
about the other two requests?
The SPEAKER : Member for
Hillarys!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The event to which they invited me,
which I learnt about yesterday or today, is on the same day as the Ellenbrook
community cabinet, which is already booked. I am going to the Ellenbrook
community cabinet, because that is a commitment we have made to the community
of Ellenbrook. We have a huge amount of time for the community of Ellenbrook
and we have a huge amount of time for our police officers across Western Australia,
but I cannot be in two places at once.
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