❓ Mr. Love asks about compensation for apartment buyers affected by a failed Nicheliving project. The Premier avoids a direct answer, criticising the opposition's housing policies instead.
AnsweredQoN 690Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
NICHELIVING — APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS
690. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Once again, what actions
will the Premier's government take to provide relief or compensation
for apartment buyers left stranded by this failed project?
690. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Once again, what actions
will the Premier's government take to provide relief or compensation
for apartment buyers left stranded by this failed project?
AnswerView source ↗
It is good that the member highlighted the fact that we are
taking action because if it was left to those on the other side, we would not
have seen anything. We would have seen absolutely nothing. We are seeing that
when it comes to housing policy, those opposite have no ideas, no policies, no
solutions and cannot be trusted. One part of the so-called coalition has one
policy, and another part of the so-called coalition has another.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Mr R.H. COOK : No-one in the Western Australian public
knows what these people actually stand for. The only alternative to a WA Labor government—perish the thought—is
the combination of those two groups opposite, the Liberals and
Nationals. That is the only way they could govern in this state, and they cannot
even agree with each other!
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Just pause for
a moment, Premier. Member for Vasse, this is not your question. You did not ask
it. I have allowed some latitude from the Leader of the Opposition, but I am
not allowing latitude from you.
Mr R.H. COOK : On the
weekend, we saw the unedifying situation of the Liberal Party making its big
housing policy pitch. The National Party was
out there running it down and actually contradicting it by saying, ''Their
policies won't work! They should be our policies.'' At
some point, they are going to have to agree because that is the only way that
they will find their way into government. But what are the people of Western Australia
to make of these contradictions?
I know that the Minister for
Housing is working on all these issues and that the people of Western Australia
will be able to look at our housing policies and the work that we have done to
rebalance the housing market. However, on the weekend, we saw the Leader of the
Liberal Party going out with her party's key housing policy option to
address the issue of stamp duty. It will raise the concessions and the
exemptions under the stamp duty rebate for first homebuyers. It sounded scarily
similar to the very same budget announcement that we made just a few months
earlier. Nevertheless, she went out there and made her big pitch. This is the
Liberal Party's solution to the housing issues in our community.
I have cause to reflect on the
comments from Hon Dr Steve Thomas when this policy was put before the
Parliament by way of the budget. At that time, on the policy to increase the
threshold for the first homebuyer stamp duty exemptions and concessions, Hon Dr
Steve Thomas said —
Turning to the greater debate around
housing, this will not fix the price of housing or access to housing. This is
not the solution to a housing crisis.
It is almost as if he is
commentating on the member for Vasse's media statement on the weekend.
Back in August, Hon Dr Steve Thomas went even further. He said —
Those solutions are � more difficult.
He acknowledged that our
comprehensive housing policies are the actual solution to the housing
challenges. He went on to say —
Anybody who thinks they have an easy
and simple solution to the housing crisis is probably an idiot.
Maybe once again he is referring to
—
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Members, I remind you that points of order are heard in silence.
Mr R.S. LOVE : I asked quite
a specific question about apartment buyers and the Premier has refused to give
a relevant reply. I ask that he be brought back to the question I asked.
The SPEAKER : I was thinking
of asking him not to continue given that it is an answer to a supplementary
question. If you could briefly bring it to a conclusion, that would be great.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. I thank you for your guidance. I will finish very quickly with
some advice by Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the people of Western Australia. He said —
Do not listen to them and walk away
as quickly as possible.
Hon
Dr Steve Thomas is right. We should walk away from those opposite and their
simplistic ideas about addressing housing issues. We have a comprehensive
set of policies and, in relation to Nicheliving, we see action. We see action
to get roofs over people's heads. We see action to make sure those
people get access to the home indemnity insurance scheme, and action by the
Minister for Housing to ensure that all Nicheliving customers get a level of
support and assistance.
taking action because if it was left to those on the other side, we would not
have seen anything. We would have seen absolutely nothing. We are seeing that
when it comes to housing policy, those opposite have no ideas, no policies, no
solutions and cannot be trusted. One part of the so-called coalition has one
policy, and another part of the so-called coalition has another.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Mr R.H. COOK : No-one in the Western Australian public
knows what these people actually stand for. The only alternative to a WA Labor government—perish the thought—is
the combination of those two groups opposite, the Liberals and
Nationals. That is the only way they could govern in this state, and they cannot
even agree with each other!
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Just pause for
a moment, Premier. Member for Vasse, this is not your question. You did not ask
it. I have allowed some latitude from the Leader of the Opposition, but I am
not allowing latitude from you.
Mr R.H. COOK : On the
weekend, we saw the unedifying situation of the Liberal Party making its big
housing policy pitch. The National Party was
out there running it down and actually contradicting it by saying, ''Their
policies won't work! They should be our policies.'' At
some point, they are going to have to agree because that is the only way that
they will find their way into government. But what are the people of Western Australia
to make of these contradictions?
I know that the Minister for
Housing is working on all these issues and that the people of Western Australia
will be able to look at our housing policies and the work that we have done to
rebalance the housing market. However, on the weekend, we saw the Leader of the
Liberal Party going out with her party's key housing policy option to
address the issue of stamp duty. It will raise the concessions and the
exemptions under the stamp duty rebate for first homebuyers. It sounded scarily
similar to the very same budget announcement that we made just a few months
earlier. Nevertheless, she went out there and made her big pitch. This is the
Liberal Party's solution to the housing issues in our community.
I have cause to reflect on the
comments from Hon Dr Steve Thomas when this policy was put before the
Parliament by way of the budget. At that time, on the policy to increase the
threshold for the first homebuyer stamp duty exemptions and concessions, Hon Dr
Steve Thomas said —
Turning to the greater debate around
housing, this will not fix the price of housing or access to housing. This is
not the solution to a housing crisis.
It is almost as if he is
commentating on the member for Vasse's media statement on the weekend.
Back in August, Hon Dr Steve Thomas went even further. He said —
Those solutions are � more difficult.
He acknowledged that our
comprehensive housing policies are the actual solution to the housing
challenges. He went on to say —
Anybody who thinks they have an easy
and simple solution to the housing crisis is probably an idiot.
Maybe once again he is referring to
—
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Members, I remind you that points of order are heard in silence.
Mr R.S. LOVE : I asked quite
a specific question about apartment buyers and the Premier has refused to give
a relevant reply. I ask that he be brought back to the question I asked.
The SPEAKER : I was thinking
of asking him not to continue given that it is an answer to a supplementary
question. If you could briefly bring it to a conclusion, that would be great.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : Thank you,
Madam Speaker. I thank you for your guidance. I will finish very quickly with
some advice by Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the people of Western Australia. He said —
Do not listen to them and walk away
as quickly as possible.
Hon
Dr Steve Thomas is right. We should walk away from those opposite and their
simplistic ideas about addressing housing issues. We have a comprehensive
set of policies and, in relation to Nicheliving, we see action. We see action
to get roofs over people's heads. We see action to make sure those
people get access to the home indemnity insurance scheme, and action by the
Minister for Housing to ensure that all Nicheliving customers get a level of
support and assistance.
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