❓ Ms. Beard questions the Minister for Health about the timeline for tenders related to a project in Tom Price and accuses the Minister of delaying the project. The Minister denies delays and criticizes the Shire of Ashburton's community campaign.
AnsweredQoN 396Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HEALTH —
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
396. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
When will the tenders close and will the minister start listening to the Tom
Price community and not delay the project?
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
396. Ms M. BEARD to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
When will the tenders close and will the minister start listening to the Tom
Price community and not delay the project?
AnswerView source ↗
There
is no intention to delay the project. As we have outlined many times in this
house, we are in a unique situation when it comes to infrastructure
delivery in regional Western Australia. In fact, we just announced the sod
turning of Geraldton Health Campus and we have announced Bunbury Regional
Hospital —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition and Deputy Premier, please desist—and the member for Perth.
Ms A. SANDERSON : I will make
a couple of comments around the so-called community campaign that is being run by the Shire of Ashburton. The claim that I heard
recently from the shire president is that it was a community-run campaign. It is a community-run campaign from a consultancy based in Perth,
with pro forma —
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister, please
take a seat for a moment. Deputy Premier, it is not your role to interrogate
the Leader of the Liberal Party while your Minister for Health is on her feet. Please
desist from that.
Ms
A. SANDERSON : Again, it is claimed
that it is a community campaign but it is run by a consultancy in Perth, handing
out bumper stickers in Perth, funded by ratepayers in the Shire of Ashburton.
This is the shire that spent around $7 million on consultancy fees. I think the
shire should think very carefully about how it spends ratepayers'
money.
is no intention to delay the project. As we have outlined many times in this
house, we are in a unique situation when it comes to infrastructure
delivery in regional Western Australia. In fact, we just announced the sod
turning of Geraldton Health Campus and we have announced Bunbury Regional
Hospital —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition and Deputy Premier, please desist—and the member for Perth.
Ms A. SANDERSON : I will make
a couple of comments around the so-called community campaign that is being run by the Shire of Ashburton. The claim that I heard
recently from the shire president is that it was a community-run campaign. It is a community-run campaign from a consultancy based in Perth,
with pro forma —
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister, please
take a seat for a moment. Deputy Premier, it is not your role to interrogate
the Leader of the Liberal Party while your Minister for Health is on her feet. Please
desist from that.
Ms
A. SANDERSON : Again, it is claimed
that it is a community campaign but it is run by a consultancy in Perth, handing
out bumper stickers in Perth, funded by ratepayers in the Shire of Ashburton.
This is the shire that spent around $7 million on consultancy fees. I think the
shire should think very carefully about how it spends ratepayers'
money.
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