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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 492 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 August 2021 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — INTERSTATE HEALTHCARE WORKERS

492. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to the government's health workforce recruitment strategy announced on 10 August, and note recent reports that a midwife from South Australia with a contract to work at Kalgoorlie Health Campus has consistently been denied entry to Western Australia while an influx of over 200 health workers from high-risk jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and Ireland, are set to arrive in WA.

(1) Will the state government consider providing incentives, including supporting the cost of quarantine requirements, for interstate healthcare workers wishing to relocate to WA?

(2) Is the minister's department aware of any other contracts being accepted by interstate healthcare workers willing to relocate to WA but unable to obtain a G2G PASS for entry?

(3) What is the minister and his department doing to assist those healthcare workers identified in part (2)?

(4) Has the minister raised concerns about G2G applications from key healthcare workers directly with the Minister for Police?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided on behalf of the Minister for Health.

I am advised that the Department of Health is not able to provide the requested information in the time required and I therefore ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.

Honourable member, I have seen this question now for the first time. Some parts of it could be answered next week, so I undertake, at the very least, to see whether parts of it can be answered and provided to the member next week.