❓ Mr. Hyde questions the Minister about delays in the Welcome Walls project and lack of communication with families who have contributed. The Minister deflects blame to the previous government, claiming inaction and insufficient funding.
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WELCOME WALLS
I refer to the Blake family’s $600 commitment to have their family member’s history told on the Albany welcome walls and the minister’s failure to progress any of the welcome walls in Western Australia in nearly two years. (1) Why are Margaret and her family yet to have any significant communication from the minister or his department about when exactly they will see the outcome of the moneys they have paid? (2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY
I refer to the Blake family’s $600 commitment to have their family member’s history told on the Albany welcome walls and the minister’s failure to progress any of the welcome walls in Western Australia in nearly two years. (1) Why are Margaret and her family yet to have any significant communication from the minister or his department about when exactly they will see the outcome of the moneys they have paid? (2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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(1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(1) Why are Margaret and her family yet to have any significant communication from the minister or his department about when exactly they will see the outcome of the moneys they have paid? (2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(1) Why are Margaret and her family yet to have any significant communication from the minister or his department about when exactly they will see the outcome of the moneys they have paid? (2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(2) What action has the government taken to rectify the more than 800 complaints that have been received regarding the mismanagement of the WA welcome walls, as admitted to in questions on notice? (3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(3) Does the minister feel any sympathy for Margaret and her family and the hundreds of others who have genuine complaints, and does he concede that it is irresponsible for this government to hold on to the moneys paid by families over a number of years? Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: (1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
(1)–(3) Yes, I do feel sympathy for families in Western Australia who have contributed money and signed up to have their names inscribed on welcome walls. I feel sympathy for them because in the time of the previous Labor government a report was provided to the office of the then Premier—the member for West Swan may possibly be aware of this—in March 2008, and absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You have been there for two budgets! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Absolutely nothing happened until we came into government. There was a design proposal — Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Two–zip! The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : The member for Perth has asked a question. I, at least, would like to hear the answer, and I presume that some other members in here would also like to hear the answer. The only person I want to hear from is the Minister for Culture and the Arts. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Advice was provided by the Western Australian Museum to the previous government and the office of the then Premier and absolutely nothing came out of that office — Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Except for two walls! The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, you asked the question. You are getting an answer; you might not like it to this point. I will give the member a chance to ask a supplementary. Continued interjection will not help this process. I formally call you for the first time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Nothing happened until we came into government, and since then there has been substantial — Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Nothing has happened. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The Leader of the Opposition is utterly and totally wrong. The assertion in the question from the member for Perth that no action has been taken since I have been minister is patently untrue—totally and utterly untrue! If members look at the information that I think is available — Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Show us the wall! Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : Does the member for Perth want me to answer the question? Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Not another report! Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The member knows the answer to the question. The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The SPEAKER : Member for Perth, I am formally going to call you for the second time. I know that you are interested in the answer to the question, but interjecting in it and on it is not going to help. I have already said that to you once. I formally call the member for the second time. Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The reality is that substantial action has been taken since we have been in government. The member for Perth knows that because he asked about it in estimates last week, and he knows—or if he does not know, he is completely stupid—or he should know that the assertion in his question that no action has been taken since this government has been in office is completely and utterly untrue. If the member for Perth actually reads the information that is available on the WA Museum website and the information that I provided through the media and the WA Museum, he will know that the construction of the welcome walls at Fremantle is either underway or about to be underway following an extensive process to ensure that funds are available. That was the other problem under the previous government—insufficient funding was provided. The thing had fallen into a black hole. Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.N. Hyde : There is $465 000 from Western Australians sitting there; that is the point Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : The project is finally going ahead at Fremantle, and similarly it is going ahead at Albany. The number of people who have been dissatisfied such that they have withdrawn their names from the walls is very small. I think it is the order of 12 out of 4 000 or so. The project is being completed under this government. There was complete inaction under the previous government; in the end, it was all too hard for the previous government. In both cases, Fremantle and Albany, the projects will be completed under this government and under my direction as Minister for Culture and the Arts.
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