❓ Ms Winton asks the Premier how WA would benefit from a federal Labor government, and the Premier outlines potential benefits, criticising the Liberal-National coalition and Christian Porter's record.
AnsweredQoN 386Legislative Assembly
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FEDERAL FUNDING —
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
386. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, I would
like to welcome the students of St Munchin's Catholic School on behalf
of the members for Southern River and Thornlie. I welcome all our guests in the
public gallery today.
I refer to the success of the
McGowan Labor government in securing more federal funding for Western Australia
and ensuring the state receives its fair share. Can the Premier outline to the
house how Western Australia would get a better and fairer deal under a federal
Labor government?
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
386. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Premier:
Before I ask my question, I would
like to welcome the students of St Munchin's Catholic School on behalf
of the members for Southern River and Thornlie. I welcome all our guests in the
public gallery today.
I refer to the success of the
McGowan Labor government in securing more federal funding for Western Australia
and ensuring the state receives its fair share. Can the Premier outline to the
house how Western Australia would get a better and fairer deal under a federal
Labor government?
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I thank the member for Wanneroo. I also
welcome members of the Sikh community in the gallery today, whom I met earlier.
I have been waiting all week for a question
on the budget and it has not come.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear someone
interjecting who —
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Carine, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear
interjections from people who are not allocated a question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine,
I call you to order for the second time. If you have not asked a question, you
cannot ask anything.
Mr M. McGOWAN : An unallocated
question, for good reason, Mr Speaker.
I have been waiting for that
question. It makes me wonder why we are going to have estimates next week when
the opposition has been given the opportunity to ask a question all week and
they have not taken it. Members opposite have asked me about the federal
opposition. I want to talk about the benefits of having a Bill Shorten federal
Labor government as opposed to a Liberal–National–Clive Palmer–Pauline
Hanson coalition. The benefits of having one party running Australia as opposed
to a rabble of four right-wing parties is clear to people. It is certainly
clear to most sensible people. The benefits of a federal Labor government are
many. The federal opposition is offering an additional $460 million for
job-creating infrastructure, including an additional $350 million more than the
Liberal Party on the Ellenbrook rail line. Bill Shorten was first to promise to
repair the GST. Bill Shorten and federal Labor were first to promise —
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We went
through all of those years of no action from the Liberal Party. It put it in,
it signed up to it and then did nothing. Suddenly a Labor government gets
elected in Western Australia and things change!
Bill Shorten and federal Labor were
first to commit funding to the Byford rail extension. Bill Shorten and federal
Labor committed money to remote Aboriginal communities that was withdrawn by
the federal Liberal government. They have announced a range of other
infrastructure improvements across Western Australia, and significant health
and education funding that will benefit our hospitals and schools across Western
Australia.
It is interesting to see that the
people in Pearce have a real choice in Kim Travers, a police officer of 30 years
standing, who has served across Western Australia—from Perth to
Geraldton to Kununurra and the Pilbara; an Australian police medal recipient no
less. On the other hand, there is —
Mr S.K. L'Estrange You are the Premier of Western Australia!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Was that you?
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
Yes. You are the Premier of Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There is a leadership
bid going on; I can see it.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The one thing
I have noticed —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are you
finished? Leader of the House, I call you to order for the first time. I was on
my feet.
Mr M. McGOWAN : One thing I have
noticed about the opposition frontbench is the louder they get, the more we
know they are hunting the leadership.
On the other hand, the people of
Pearce have Mr Christian Porter; one of the Treasurers who nearly bankrupted Western
Australia; someone who axed the Ellenbrook rail line and now claims to support
it! It is important to note that he participated in rolling Malcolm Turnbull,
and his alternative was Peter Dutton! Peter Dutton was of the view that the GST
arrangements secured for Western Australia should be scrapped. In Christian
Porter, the people of Pearce have a choice of someone who was going to tear up
the GST arrangement, who did not support the Ellenbrook rail line and, as
Treasurer, nearly bankrupted the state of Western Australia. I can only urge
the people of Pearce to be sensible and to act in their own interests, as they
did at the state election, and back the Labor candidate, Kim Travers.
welcome members of the Sikh community in the gallery today, whom I met earlier.
I have been waiting all week for a question
on the budget and it has not come.
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear someone
interjecting who —
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Carine, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear
interjections from people who are not allocated a question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Carine,
I call you to order for the second time. If you have not asked a question, you
cannot ask anything.
Mr M. McGOWAN : An unallocated
question, for good reason, Mr Speaker.
I have been waiting for that
question. It makes me wonder why we are going to have estimates next week when
the opposition has been given the opportunity to ask a question all week and
they have not taken it. Members opposite have asked me about the federal
opposition. I want to talk about the benefits of having a Bill Shorten federal
Labor government as opposed to a Liberal–National–Clive Palmer–Pauline
Hanson coalition. The benefits of having one party running Australia as opposed
to a rabble of four right-wing parties is clear to people. It is certainly
clear to most sensible people. The benefits of a federal Labor government are
many. The federal opposition is offering an additional $460 million for
job-creating infrastructure, including an additional $350 million more than the
Liberal Party on the Ellenbrook rail line. Bill Shorten was first to promise to
repair the GST. Bill Shorten and federal Labor were first to promise —
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We went
through all of those years of no action from the Liberal Party. It put it in,
it signed up to it and then did nothing. Suddenly a Labor government gets
elected in Western Australia and things change!
Bill Shorten and federal Labor were
first to commit funding to the Byford rail extension. Bill Shorten and federal
Labor committed money to remote Aboriginal communities that was withdrawn by
the federal Liberal government. They have announced a range of other
infrastructure improvements across Western Australia, and significant health
and education funding that will benefit our hospitals and schools across Western
Australia.
It is interesting to see that the
people in Pearce have a real choice in Kim Travers, a police officer of 30 years
standing, who has served across Western Australia—from Perth to
Geraldton to Kununurra and the Pilbara; an Australian police medal recipient no
less. On the other hand, there is —
Mr S.K. L'Estrange You are the Premier of Western Australia!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Was that you?
Mr S.K. L'Estrange :
Yes. You are the Premier of Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There is a leadership
bid going on; I can see it.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The one thing
I have noticed —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Are you
finished? Leader of the House, I call you to order for the first time. I was on
my feet.
Mr M. McGOWAN : One thing I have
noticed about the opposition frontbench is the louder they get, the more we
know they are hunting the leadership.
On the other hand, the people of
Pearce have Mr Christian Porter; one of the Treasurers who nearly bankrupted Western
Australia; someone who axed the Ellenbrook rail line and now claims to support
it! It is important to note that he participated in rolling Malcolm Turnbull,
and his alternative was Peter Dutton! Peter Dutton was of the view that the GST
arrangements secured for Western Australia should be scrapped. In Christian
Porter, the people of Pearce have a choice of someone who was going to tear up
the GST arrangement, who did not support the Ellenbrook rail line and, as
Treasurer, nearly bankrupted the state of Western Australia. I can only urge
the people of Pearce to be sensible and to act in their own interests, as they
did at the state election, and back the Labor candidate, Kim Travers.
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