❓ Dr. Hames questions the Minister for Health about the lease agreements for the Alvan Street and Centro Avenue premises after the Department of Health moves out. The Minister provides brief, negative answers, leading to interjections from other members.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — ALVAN STREET AND CENTRO AVENUE PREMISES LEASE COSTS
I refer to the Department of Health’s Alvan Street and Centro Avenue premises and to the minister’s reluctance last week to provide information regarding the leases on these premises. I remind him that the public has a right to know what is going on. (1) Now that the health department is in the process of moving out of these premises, will the rental agreements on these offices be terminated? (2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY
I refer to the Department of Health’s Alvan Street and Centro Avenue premises and to the minister’s reluctance last week to provide information regarding the leases on these premises. I remind him that the public has a right to know what is going on. (1) Now that the health department is in the process of moving out of these premises, will the rental agreements on these offices be terminated? (2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(1) Now that the health department is in the process of moving out of these premises, will the rental agreements on these offices be terminated? (2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(1) Now that the health department is in the process of moving out of these premises, will the rental agreements on these offices be terminated? (2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(2) If so, when will this occur, and what is the cost of terminating these agreements? (3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(3) Is it true that the rental of offices in Osborne Park either has been or is currently being negotiated to house staff who have moved out of Subiaco and cannot be accommodated in Royal Street? I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
I need more than no, no, nothing. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
I will answer the question. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(2) Not applicable. (3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
(3) No, I am not aware of it. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : They are very precise answers to very precise questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
The SPEAKER : Members! I don’t know how more concise the minister could have been in those answers. Members might not like the answers, but they are answers.
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