❓ Mr. Catania asks about the progression of his motion concerning the McGowan government's performance in North West Central. Ms. Davies acknowledges Catania's service and outlines the Opposition's plans to debate the motion, highlighting both his achievements and the government's failures.
AnsweredQoN 440Legislative Assembly
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MEMBER FOR NORTH WEST CENTRAL — LEGACY
440. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Leader of the Opposition:
This is my last question, my final
question in this place as the member for North West Central.
I
refer to private members' business notice of motion 9, referring to my
electorate of North West Central and to the failure of the McGowan
government to address critical issues across the community. Under standing
order 75(3), can the Leader of the Opposition please inform the house when she
intends to progress this motion?
440. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Leader of the Opposition:
This is my last question, my final
question in this place as the member for North West Central.
I
refer to private members' business notice of motion 9, referring to my
electorate of North West Central and to the failure of the McGowan
government to address critical issues across the community. Under standing
order 75(3), can the Leader of the Opposition please inform the house when she
intends to progress this motion?
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Madam Speaker, I understand that I need
to speak to the urgency of when we will bring on this motion and seek your
indulgence.
I also briefly acknowledge Nick
Catania, Dudley Maslen, AO, and Wendy Duncan, a former colleague, who are here
as former parliamentary members.
Dr A.D. Buti : There are more
former members than current members of the Liberal Party here!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Show some
respect, member!
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Finance!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I thank the
member for North West Central very much for the question and for his service to
the electorate of North West Central. I note that the motion on the notice
paper refers to the member's efforts in delivering major infrastructure
investment and his legacy of positive growth for his electorate. It is timely
that we debate this motion. The opposition looks forward to bringing it to the
Parliament when we return from the winter recess. The reason it will be timely
is that we will likely be asking the people of North West Central to decide who
will represent them after the retirement of this member. We know that it will
not be someone from the Labor Party.
The timing of the debate is
important. I will speak briefly to the content of the motion. When we return to
this house to debate this motion, we will highlight the legacy of the member
for North West Central and his 17 years, including a new aged-care facility in
Carnarvon, which was hard fought for; the magnificent Ningaloo Centre in
Exmouth, which is wonderful tourism infrastructure for that community; the
rebuild of Gascoyne Junction after major floods; and flood mitigation in
Carnarvon. That is just to name a few and not to mention all the much smaller community
organisations that have benefited from the advocacy of this member over a significant
period.
We will also highlight the failures,
as we have a responsibility to do as an opposition, of this government over the
past five years to deliver for the electorate, including mothers who have to
travel over 1 000 kilometres to give birth; the Carnarvon fascine, silted up so
that people cannot access it, despite the fact that the community has asked the government again and again to address that
particular issue; worker accommodation crises in Kalbarri, Exmouth and
Coral Bay; the failure to deliver the upgraded facilities at Meekatharra
Hospital; and ignorance and outright denial from the Minister for Police on
crime issues.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please,
members!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Thank you,
Madam Speaker, I will sit down.
The SPEAKER : Yes, I am glad
you are drawing your answer to a close.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I look
forward to congratulating the member for North West Central for his advocacy
and participation in this Parliament and his advocacy on behalf of the people
of North West Central. He has been a fine servant of this Parliament and the
Nationals WA and we wish him and his family all the very best as he takes on
his next challenge.
The SPEAKER : Members, what
was allowed then was quite unusual, but it is permitted under the standing
orders. When any member puts a motion on the notice paper, they can be asked a question
about that motion. You strayed far too much into attack as part of that
response, Leader of the Opposition, so it did not strictly fit within the
format. But just to explain, especially to new members, that is why the Leader
of the Opposition was able to be asked a question,
not because she is the Leader of the Opposition but because she had a specific
motion on the notice paper.
to speak to the urgency of when we will bring on this motion and seek your
indulgence.
I also briefly acknowledge Nick
Catania, Dudley Maslen, AO, and Wendy Duncan, a former colleague, who are here
as former parliamentary members.
Dr A.D. Buti : There are more
former members than current members of the Liberal Party here!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Show some
respect, member!
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Finance!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I thank the
member for North West Central very much for the question and for his service to
the electorate of North West Central. I note that the motion on the notice
paper refers to the member's efforts in delivering major infrastructure
investment and his legacy of positive growth for his electorate. It is timely
that we debate this motion. The opposition looks forward to bringing it to the
Parliament when we return from the winter recess. The reason it will be timely
is that we will likely be asking the people of North West Central to decide who
will represent them after the retirement of this member. We know that it will
not be someone from the Labor Party.
The timing of the debate is
important. I will speak briefly to the content of the motion. When we return to
this house to debate this motion, we will highlight the legacy of the member
for North West Central and his 17 years, including a new aged-care facility in
Carnarvon, which was hard fought for; the magnificent Ningaloo Centre in
Exmouth, which is wonderful tourism infrastructure for that community; the
rebuild of Gascoyne Junction after major floods; and flood mitigation in
Carnarvon. That is just to name a few and not to mention all the much smaller community
organisations that have benefited from the advocacy of this member over a significant
period.
We will also highlight the failures,
as we have a responsibility to do as an opposition, of this government over the
past five years to deliver for the electorate, including mothers who have to
travel over 1 000 kilometres to give birth; the Carnarvon fascine, silted up so
that people cannot access it, despite the fact that the community has asked the government again and again to address that
particular issue; worker accommodation crises in Kalbarri, Exmouth and
Coral Bay; the failure to deliver the upgraded facilities at Meekatharra
Hospital; and ignorance and outright denial from the Minister for Police on
crime issues.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please,
members!
Ms M.J. DAVIES : Thank you,
Madam Speaker, I will sit down.
The SPEAKER : Yes, I am glad
you are drawing your answer to a close.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I look
forward to congratulating the member for North West Central for his advocacy
and participation in this Parliament and his advocacy on behalf of the people
of North West Central. He has been a fine servant of this Parliament and the
Nationals WA and we wish him and his family all the very best as he takes on
his next challenge.
The SPEAKER : Members, what
was allowed then was quite unusual, but it is permitted under the standing
orders. When any member puts a motion on the notice paper, they can be asked a question
about that motion. You strayed far too much into attack as part of that
response, Leader of the Opposition, so it did not strictly fit within the
format. But just to explain, especially to new members, that is why the Leader
of the Opposition was able to be asked a question,
not because she is the Leader of the Opposition but because she had a specific
motion on the notice paper.
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