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738. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the Premier guarantee that we will have a teacher in front of every
classroom when school resumes in 2022?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
Honestly, here we are again!
Ms S. Winton interjected.
The SPEAKER: Again, it is the
Premier we want to hear from, not the member for Wanneroo.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, Minister
for Transport!
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN: Madam Speaker,
honestly, the worst —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Are there some
people here who would like to be ejected from question time? Because it looks
like there are two or three of you at the moment. I would like to hear the
answer from the Premier.
Mr M. McGOWAN: The weakest,
the most irresponsible and the most pathetic opposition in the history of Western
Australia is what you are. Here we are —
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN: Do you think
it is easy? You have people like Nick Goiran out there providing support to the
anti-vaxxers. That is what you have.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Point of order!
Dr D.J. Honey: Point of
order.
The
SPEAKER: Just wait until you get
the call. When he or any member asks for a point of order and I say ''point
of order'', that is a signal for you all to desist screaming out.
You are contributing nothing by doing that. I want to hear the point of order.
Point of Order
Dr D.J.
HONEY: The Premier knows that he should be using the correct ''Hon''
title as you referred members to yesterday.
The
SPEAKER: That is right, members. All members of the other house are
to be referred to by their title, which includes the word ''honourable''.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr M. McGOWAN: Yes, Madam
Speaker. It is Hon Nick Goiran. The only time the Leader of the Liberal Party
stands up to say anything is to defend Hon Nick Goiran. It is the only time he
stands up to say anything.
I
would like to see the Liberals and Nationals actually go out there and support
us in getting people vaccinated. We have
had a look at some of your social media posts and some of the stuff you are
doing. There is no support. You are not out there saying, ''Get
vaccinated.'' All you do is try to undermine and cause grief for the
program and provide support to some of those
people out there who roll up at my office! All the Liberals and Nationals do is
support some of those people out there who roll up at my office
threatening, intimidating and bullying. Outrageous conduct is going on in our
community that I have never seen before. It is a time —
Several
members interjected.
The SPEAKER: All your
interjections are wasted if you just create a wall of noise.
Mr
M. McGOWAN: All I would say to
the Liberals and Nationals is that it is a time for serious political parties
to do serious things. If members opposite ever want to be in government
again in this state, they should be going out and saying, ''We support
the government. Please go and get vaccinated.'' That includes the
education workforce, the health workforce, the mining workforce, other critical
industry workforces and those who work with vulnerable people across the state.
Stop trying to score cheap political points out of this!