❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier on the implementation of day 17 COVID testing in hotel quarantine and the delay in enacting a previous announcement. The Premier responds with implementation details and criticises the opposition's COVID response and association with Clive Palmer.
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CORONAVIRUS — TESTING — HOTEL QUARANTINE
231. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
have two supplementary questions. Can the Premier advise the house when the day
17 testing will come into play , and can the Premier confirm that he is
unaware that it took 22 days, or a month, to enact the announcement that he
made on 16 May?
231. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
have two supplementary questions. Can the Premier advise the house when the day
17 testing will come into play , and can the Premier confirm that he is
unaware that it took 22 days, or a month, to enact the announcement that he
made on 16 May?
AnswerView source ↗
No,
I cannot confirm that. I do not have the exact dates in my head, is what I said
to the member. The day 17 testing for people who are in rooms adjacent
to a positive case will start as soon as it can be implemented. We are going to
put that in place basically immediately. It may take a few days to put in
place. Currently, we have two positive cases in hotel quarantine in Western Australia.
It will not be difficult to implement, but it will require someone, when they
leave hotel quarantine, to go back and get tested afterwards.
I note that the opposition, once
again, is criticising and undermining our efforts. That has been the course
over the last 18 months. It has criticised and undermined all our efforts in
regard to COVID. That is exactly like when the opposition joined Clive Palmer.
I note that your friend Clive Palmer is over there now in the High Court crying
because he cannot take the people of Western Australia for $30 billion. I am so
sad for Clive Palmer that he cannot take our state for $30 billion and that we
are going to stop him. But one thing I do know is that he will always be on the
side of the Liberals and Nationals.
I cannot confirm that. I do not have the exact dates in my head, is what I said
to the member. The day 17 testing for people who are in rooms adjacent
to a positive case will start as soon as it can be implemented. We are going to
put that in place basically immediately. It may take a few days to put in
place. Currently, we have two positive cases in hotel quarantine in Western Australia.
It will not be difficult to implement, but it will require someone, when they
leave hotel quarantine, to go back and get tested afterwards.
I note that the opposition, once
again, is criticising and undermining our efforts. That has been the course
over the last 18 months. It has criticised and undermined all our efforts in
regard to COVID. That is exactly like when the opposition joined Clive Palmer.
I note that your friend Clive Palmer is over there now in the High Court crying
because he cannot take the people of Western Australia for $30 billion. I am so
sad for Clive Palmer that he cannot take our state for $30 billion and that we
are going to stop him. But one thing I do know is that he will always be on the
side of the Liberals and Nationals.
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