❓ Opposition Leader Barnett questions Premier Gallop on the government's stance on marijuana decriminalisation, accusing him of avoiding a direct answer. Gallop repeatedly defers, promising a policy release.
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Will the Premier admit that he is simply engaging in a semantic debate about decriminalisation and legalisation and that the legal rule is clear; and that he intends to be the Premier who decriminalises marijuana possession and cultivation in this State? He should not use semantics; he should admit it. Dr GALLOP
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I asked the Leader of the Opposition to wait for the policy to be released. Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP replied: I asked the Leader of the Opposition to wait for the policy to be released. Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
I asked the Leader of the Opposition to wait for the policy to be released. Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP replied: I asked the Leader of the Opposition to wait for the policy to be released. Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
I asked the Leader of the Opposition to wait for the policy to be released. Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Admit it. Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: The Leader of the Opposition should be patient. Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Why can you not make it clear? Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: He should wait until he sees our policy. Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: Why cannot you answer it? Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Dr GALLOP: We will announce it in our own good time. I again refer the Leader of the Opposition to my philosophical analogy. When he sees our policy, he will know what I am talking about. Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
Mr Barnett: He will not answer a simple question. Will it be a criminal offence or not? It is a straightforward question, and he cannot answer it. The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
The SPEAKER: I presume the Leader of the Opposition wants question time to continue. For that to happen, I must be able to give the call to the next member.
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