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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 628 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 9 September 2020 by Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

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.