AMBULANCE RAMPING
628. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Members, please!
I want to hear the supplementary.
Mr D.A. Templeman: A bit of a
nosebleed there, son?
The
SPEAKER: Leader of the House, you
are called to order for the second time. That is funny, but unparliamentary.
Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP: Can the
Premier explain how ambulance ramping continues to hit crisis levels under his
government, especially considering the flu is no longer a reason that can be
blamed and we have in fact seen a reduction in demand in our state's
emergency departments because of COVID-19?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
The Minister for Health advises me
that the figures are improving, and obviously a constant thing that governments
try to do is to improve these matters and this performance across government.
That is the record of this government. We obviously put a great focus on health
and over the course of the pandemic, we put enormous effort into health to ensure our people are kept safe. One of the
great things about the last 151 days is that we have not had one single
case of community spread of coronavirus in Western Australia.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER: Leader of the
Opposition, that should be something to be happy about.
Mr
M. McGOWAN: While the Liberal
Party—it just did it again—constantly tries to politicise this
matter, we are doing our best in difficult circumstances to deal with a very
serious issue confronting our state, our country and our world.