❓ Mr. Catania asks about the timeline for temporary worker accommodation in Kalbarri post-Cyclone Seroja. The Minister responds by praising the overall recovery efforts and criticising the National Party's negativity.
AnsweredQoN 570Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CYCLONE SEROJA — TEMPORARY WORKERS'
ACCOMMODATION
570. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the community of Kalbarri see the
temporary workers' accommodation built? It is hampering the
recovery of Kalbarri. When will it be built? Give us a date.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
ACCOMMODATION
570. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the community of Kalbarri see the
temporary workers' accommodation built? It is hampering the
recovery of Kalbarri. When will it be built? Give us a date.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
AnswerView source ↗
I
am continually amazed at the attitude of the National Party in this place. I was
in Geraldton about a month ago and I attended a community meeting that was
attended by the member for Geraldton and a range of people from volunteer community
agencies in Geraldton. It was also attended by the Mayor of Greater Geraldton,
Shane Van Styn. He had some very interesting things to say about the recovery
effort. He was full of praise for the government and for the recovery effort
right across the midwest. The member's own colleague, a former National
Party candidate and National Party member, could not be more praising of the
efforts of this government.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, this is a supplementary question. It was a short question, and we
are getting a short answer. I ask you not to interject further.
Mr R.R. WHITBY : The Mayor of
Greater Geraldton, Shane Van Styn, a former National Party candidate and, I presume,
current member of the National Party, could not have been more full of praise
for the efforts of the state government, federal government and local
government working together for the communities of the midwest. I do not
understand why Nationals in this place want to denigrate and attack efforts
that are making a great impact on the people of midwest.
I will add one other thing, member.
I know that the member for Geraldton and the upper house member from the
region, Hon Sandra Carr, MLC, have gone to great lengths to engage the
community and to hold pop-up —
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The question was —
The
SPEAKER : Member, you were not given the call at that point in time,
so I have not heard a thing you have said. Minister, continue your answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.R. WHITBY : In spite of
what the member would like to say, cyclone Seroja affected a whole region, not
just one community. We have to remember that it is a whole region. In
Northampton Hon Sandra Carr conducted pop-up clinics to help people with their
insurance. The member for Geraldton has been out there, too—very visible, and very active. I have not seen National
Party members do the same, yet it is their own constituents who have been affected. I ask them to stop the politicking in this place and do their job on
the ground.
am continually amazed at the attitude of the National Party in this place. I was
in Geraldton about a month ago and I attended a community meeting that was
attended by the member for Geraldton and a range of people from volunteer community
agencies in Geraldton. It was also attended by the Mayor of Greater Geraldton,
Shane Van Styn. He had some very interesting things to say about the recovery
effort. He was full of praise for the government and for the recovery effort
right across the midwest. The member's own colleague, a former National
Party candidate and National Party member, could not be more praising of the
efforts of this government.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, this is a supplementary question. It was a short question, and we
are getting a short answer. I ask you not to interject further.
Mr R.R. WHITBY : The Mayor of
Greater Geraldton, Shane Van Styn, a former National Party candidate and, I presume,
current member of the National Party, could not have been more full of praise
for the efforts of the state government, federal government and local
government working together for the communities of the midwest. I do not
understand why Nationals in this place want to denigrate and attack efforts
that are making a great impact on the people of midwest.
I will add one other thing, member.
I know that the member for Geraldton and the upper house member from the
region, Hon Sandra Carr, MLC, have gone to great lengths to engage the
community and to hold pop-up —
Point of Order
Mr V.A.
CATANIA : The question was —
The
SPEAKER : Member, you were not given the call at that point in time,
so I have not heard a thing you have said. Minister, continue your answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.R. WHITBY : In spite of
what the member would like to say, cyclone Seroja affected a whole region, not
just one community. We have to remember that it is a whole region. In
Northampton Hon Sandra Carr conducted pop-up clinics to help people with their
insurance. The member for Geraldton has been out there, too—very visible, and very active. I have not seen National
Party members do the same, yet it is their own constituents who have been affected. I ask them to stop the politicking in this place and do their job on
the ground.
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