CORONAVIRUS —
VACCINATIONS
792. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Health:
I
have a supplementary question. Will the minister stop his finger-pointing and
just accept what his own Auditor General is saying when she says that ''roles
and responsibilities have not always been clear and gaps in implementation
plans have not yet been resolved''?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Minister, I hope
you heard the question because I could not, because of so many interjections
from government members. Did you hear the question?
Mr R.H.
COOK replied:
Yes, I did hear the question, Madam
Speaker. It has taken them from pathetic to hopeless!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Member for
North West Central, I hope you are not going to continuously interject.
Mr R.H. COOK: Just to
underscore the point of hopelessness, Madam Speaker, the member for North West
Central lights up on cue.
The SPEAKER: This happened
yesterday. When I ask the member for North West Central not to interject, the
minister on their feet tends to direct their comments directly at him to
antagonise him more. If you could just respond to the question you were asked
by the deputy leader, please.
Mr R.H. COOK: Madam Speaker,
my comments, as always, were directed solely at you. If the member for North West
Central takes offence, we can all understand why.
The fact is that the entire Western
Australian community is united in making sure that we continue to vaccinate our communities. The Premier and I travel to
regional communities all the time. We look at our WA Country Health
Service working hand in hand with Aboriginal medical services, working hand in
hand with the GP networks, and working hand in hand with the pharmacy networks.
They are all doing their bit to try to make sure that Western Australians are
vaccinated and working together in unity. The only group that is not with us is
this sorry mob over here.