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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1245 asked in the Legislative Council on 28 November 2018 by Hon Rick Mazza

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — BUSHFIRE SEASON

1245. Hon RICK MAZZA to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services:

With summer beginning on Saturday and the bushfire season imminent, can the minister advise whether there are plans to —

(a) reduce the number of volunteer emergency services;

(b) remove, combine or merge the State Emergency Service with any other existing or future emergency service;

(c) remove, combine or merge the volunteer fire and rescue services with any other existing or future emergency service;

(d) remove, combine or merge the volunteer marine rescue services with any other existing or future emergency service;

(e) remove, combine or merge the volunteer fire and emergency services with any other existing or future emergency service; and

(f) remove, combine or merge the volunteer bush fire services with any other existing or future emergency service?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for notice of the question. I am not quite happy with the answer that I have, so I will get another answer for him for tomorrow.