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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 69 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 11 May 2021 by Ms L. Mettam

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

QUARANTINE ADVISORY PANEL

69. Ms L. METTAM to the Premier:

I refer to the Premier's comments last Wednesday when he misled the house that a quarantine advisory panel had been established.

Point of Order

Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN: I have a point of order.

The SPEAKER: Member, I ask you to sit down. That point of order is upheld; I do not need to hear it. Your question contains an imputation. I ask you to remove that and rephrase your question.

Questions without Notice Resumed

Ms L. METTAM: I refer to the Premier's comments last Wednesday when he stated that a quarantine advisory panel had been established.

(1) Can he confirm that this panel has now been established?

(2) Why has it taken over 60 days for him to act on this recommendation, given these hotels are the front line against this deadly disease?

(3) Who is the new chair if it is not Professor Weeramanthri, as incorrectly stated last week?

Mr M. McGOWAN replied:

(1)–(3) We will announce further details about the Quarantine Advisory Panel, I expect, later this week. Obviously, there is consultation going on about who the membership will be. I think my words last week were that my understanding was that it was Professor Weeramanthri. My understanding was incorrect and I corrected the record the next day in question time. If the member wants to make something of that, feel free, but I think it shows that the Liberal Party continues to undermine all our efforts in relation to COVID.

The SPEAKER: The member has a supplementary, which I caution you needs to be brief and to the point.