EMERGENCY SERVICES —
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
487. Mr
S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the minister's answer that things are under control with regard
to personal protective equipment and, no doubt, resources, does he think that
we still need to be under a state of emergency?
Mr F.M.
LOGAN replied:
The
answer is yes, absolutely. Of course, the State Emergency Coordinator, who is
also the Commissioner of Police, provides
his advice to me, as the minister, on why a state of emergency should be
continued. The Minister for Health, the
Chief Health Officer and the director general of the Department of Health also
provide arguments and reasons why the
state of emergency should continue. At this point in time, it should absolutely
be continued. The border restrictions are
a classic example why a state of emergency is in place. As the member pointed
out right now, there is always the possibility of another outbreak in Western
Australia. COVID-19 has not gone away, as we have seen in Victoria.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange:
Will you have a state of emergency for the foreseeable future?
Mr F.M. LOGAN: We will be
under a state of emergency for the foreseeable future.
Mr S.K. L'Estrange:
How long?
Mr F.M. LOGAN: To answer the member
for Churchlands' interjection, that will be up to the advice that I receive
from the people who I have already indicated provide that professional advice
to me.
The SPEAKER: That is the end
of question time.