❓ Question regarding federal funding for WA road projects (Great Eastern Highway upgrade and Gateway WA) if Mr. Abbott is elected and cuts funding. Premier Barnett avoids a direct commitment, criticising the previous government and linking the funding to the mineral resource rent tax.
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PERTH AIRPORT — FEDERAL ROAD FUNDING
I refer to the $280 million of federal funding needed to upgrade the Great Eastern Highway, and the $480 million Gateway WA project for roads near Perth Airport. (1) Does the Premier have an undertaking from Mr Abbott that this funding will remain in place if Mr Abbott is elected to govern the country? (2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to the $280 million of federal funding needed to upgrade the Great Eastern Highway, and the $480 million Gateway WA project for roads near Perth Airport. (1) Does the Premier have an undertaking from Mr Abbott that this funding will remain in place if Mr Abbott is elected to govern the country? (2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(1) Does the Premier have an undertaking from Mr Abbott that this funding will remain in place if Mr Abbott is elected to govern the country? (2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(1) Does the Premier have an undertaking from Mr Abbott that this funding will remain in place if Mr Abbott is elected to govern the country? (2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(2) If no to (1), will the state government commit itself to fund and continue these projects if Mr Abbott is elected and cuts the funding, as he says he will? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
I think that question is a matter of public interest in advance, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for the question; it is nice to see her taking an interest in her electorate, or the eastern suburbs. (1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
(1)–(2) Yes, there is no doubt that the Great Eastern Highway needs to be upgraded. Perth, as a significant capital city, lacks a proper transport route or road entry—whatever it might be—between the city and the airport. It is a disgrace, and hopefully this Liberal–National government will be able to do something about it. I note that the previous government did nothing—did nothing! All those years in power, and it did nothing! Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If the member for Midland does a little bit of research she will find that the announcement made by her federal Labor colleagues was, of course, contingent on the mineral resource rent tax being law. It was dependent on that, and there was a very big caveat. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is the Liberal Party going to stop that, is it? Will the Liberal Party vote against it in the Senate, will it? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state and federal Liberal Party does not support a mineral resource rent tax. Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : And it does not support the infrastructure! Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : As night follows day, the infrastructure will not be built. That is what you are saying! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Let me give members a little bit of arithmetic. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : So if Mr Abbott is elected, we don’t get the infrastructure—is that it? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : I would like to hear the answer from the Premier. I do not want to hear further interjections. The Premier has the call. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is proposed that the mineral resource rent tax mark 2 will raise $10.5 billion from the mining industry over a two-year period. State Treasury estimates that 60 to 65 per cent of that will come from the Western Australian mining industry; in other words, $7 billion will be taken out of the Western Australian mining industry. From that, the federal Labor government suggests that there will be an infrastructure fund of $2 billion coming back—$7 billion goes out of Western Australia; $2 billion comes back. It is interesting that the announcements that the federal Labor Party has made on infrastructure, such as the Great Eastern Highway and the interchanges around Perth Airport, are totally dependent on the mineral resource rent tax being made law. I noticed that a week earlier, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced $2.1 billion of commonwealth money to extend a rail line out to Epping in the western suburbs of Sydney. How much will New South Wales contribute to the mining resource rent tax? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition does not like the answer, does it? Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not an answer; that’s the problem! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Julia Gillard’s commitment of $2.1 billion in the western suburbs of Sydney was unconditional. New South Wales will get $2.1 billion, not conditional upon the mineral resource rent tax; we only get a little bit back—about 30c in the dollar—and only if we have the mineral resource rent tax; 65 per cent of which will be taken out of Western Australia. There is a clear difference. The federal Labor Party wants to take over the mining industry; the state Labor Party says, “Yes; take it. You can buy us for 30c in the dollar.” The whole of the opposition is being bought out, and the difference on this issue on this side of house is that we say no to the mining tax, we will negotiate a fair deal on the goods and services tax, and we will be able to fund all the infrastructure projects that this state needs. Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Several members interjected. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : I have a supplementary question. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Midland. Member for Mandurah, you may sit sideways in the seat, but I can still see your lips moving. I formally call you for the first time. The member for Midland has a supplementary question.
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