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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 872 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 September 2020 by Hon Colin Tincknell

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — ROAD MAP

872. Hon COLIN TINCKNELL to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

Further to the answer to question without notice 850 asked yesterday, can the Premier please advise the following.

(1) What lockdowns, restrictions and/or curfews has the Chief Medical Officer advised should be implemented if Western Australia records a statewide daily average of five new COVID-19 cases over 14 days?

(2) If the CMO has not provided specific advice as to what would cause WA to go into lockdown, will the Premier seek it?

(3) Does the Premier think that this advice should be sought from the CMO in advance of a potential COVID-19 outbreak?

(4) If no to (3), at what point would the Premier think it is suitable to seek such advice?

(5) Is the Premier waiting to test the political wind at the time of a potential COVID-19 outbreak before revealing what advice the Chief Medical Officer has given?

The PRESIDENT: Minister, I think that last part of the question might have been seeking an opinion.

Hon Sue Ellery: Parts (3) and (4) are seeking an opinion.

The PRESIDENT: I made reference to that yesterday and told members to take note of that before putting in questions today.

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

Thank you, Madam President. I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The Chief Health Officer has not provided specific advice on a suggested course of action based on the parameters outlined in the question.

(2) It is unclear what the honourable member means by the term ''lockdown''. This term has been used in other jurisdictions to mean different things. It is not a term that has been used in Western Australia.

(3)–(4) Under standing order 105(1)(b), questions in this place may not seek an opinion.

(5) The Premier rejects the premise of the question.