❓ Question regarding the process for announcing and building new schools in WA, specifically Ellenbrook public high school. The Minister's response avoids a direct answer, instead focusing on attacking the opposition's criticism and highlighting past actions regarding Shenton College.
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In light of yesterday’s debate surrounding the future Ellenbrook public high school, can the minister outline the process for announcing and building new schools in Western Australia? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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In the light of what happened yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to look at what was said. Words were used like “disgraceful”, and descriptions like “cowardly” were directed towards me by the member for Cottesloe. I thought it might be interesting to look at the normal process for funding allocations and the announcement of high school major capital works programs in the budget. I got the feeling, member for Swan Hills, that just possibly the Opposition wishes the Government was not building the school. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: In the light of what happened yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to look at what was said. Words were used like “disgraceful”, and descriptions like “cowardly” were directed towards me by the member for Cottesloe. I thought it might be interesting to look at the normal process for funding allocations and the announcement of high school major capital works programs in the budget. I got the feeling, member for Swan Hills, that just possibly the Opposition wishes the Government was not building the school. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
In the light of what happened yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to look at what was said. Words were used like “disgraceful”, and descriptions like “cowardly” were directed towards me by the member for Cottesloe. I thought it might be interesting to look at the normal process for funding allocations and the announcement of high school major capital works programs in the budget. I got the feeling, member for Swan Hills, that just possibly the Opposition wishes the Government was not building the school. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
“Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: In the light of what happened yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to look at what was said. Words were used like “disgraceful”, and descriptions like “cowardly” were directed towards me by the member for Cottesloe. I thought it might be interesting to look at the normal process for funding allocations and the announcement of high school major capital works programs in the budget. I got the feeling, member for Swan Hills, that just possibly the Opposition wishes the Government was not building the school. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
In the light of what happened yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to look at what was said. Words were used like “disgraceful”, and descriptions like “cowardly” were directed towards me by the member for Cottesloe. I thought it might be interesting to look at the normal process for funding allocations and the announcement of high school major capital works programs in the budget. I got the feeling, member for Swan Hills, that just possibly the Opposition wishes the Government was not building the school. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: We had the Imelda Marcos sad sack, twin-pronged attack about the budget issues and what the Government was doing and not doing. I ask the member for Cottesloe to reflect on this point: does he think after it all that maybe he made a little bit of a fool of himself? Do you, member for Cottesloe? Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I’ll answer your question. There are three pages of capital work for schools, and not one mention of Ellenbrook. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I sense the answer to that question is, no, he does not think he did. I remind the member for Cottesloe of the last election campaign. He set himself up at the beginning of the election campaign and, in his own words, he would be the head kicker. The member should cast his mind to the end of the campaign. On the last day he ended up a snivelling little sook running away from me down the corridors of the ABC - Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON: Mr Speaker - The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Those comments are unparliamentary, and I ask the minister to withdraw them. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Yes. I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Press the button and up it pops. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I thought the Shenton College situation might provide some information about how Governments in the past had handled announcements of major capital works. The member would recall Shenton College, would he not? Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I built it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: He built it. The member for Cottesloe would recall the day that I opened Shenton College: I asked him to step forward and help me open it because I gave him credit for doing the good work to get the college going. I opened it and asked him to step forward. The member is right - he built it. As the then minister, he announced on 24 June 1998 that that college was going to be built. I thought it might be instructive to take a look at the budget papers for 1998-99, member for Cottesloe. Was there a reference in the budget papers of 1998-99 to the Shenton College? Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: Go down to Shenton, and you’ll see a real school. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I wonder whether the member for Cottesloe feels like a little bit of a fool. Did he do the wrong thing yesterday? The press release from that time reads - “Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
“Design of the new campus will begin immediately with the middle and senior campuses separated by shared sporting facilities,” . . . Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Does the member remember 1998? Does he remember yesterday when I said work will commence in this coming financial year? He said it is not in the budget papers; therefore, it cannot commence. In 1998, the member said the college would begin immediately. What is the reference in the 1998-99 budget papers to Shenton College? I remember yesterday that the member for Cottesloe said that if he was proved wrong, he would stand from his seat and apologise. Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: The member for the Swan Hills did not tell the truth to the electorate. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: You were caught out - you didn’t tell the truth. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition should withdraw that comment. Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. BARNETT: I withdraw, but I will be fascinated to hear the comments. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I went through the capital works in the 1998-99 budget papers, and I could see no reference to Shenton College. To understand the normal process, I rang the Department of Education and Training. Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Ms S.E. Walker: Give us the page number. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Nedlands to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It is Budget Statements, Volume 1 , Budget Paper No 2 1998-99, page 348. I was told by the department that the first reference to that development was on that page. I asked where. They said look. It is just like Ellenbrook. It is under a reference to planning fees for new high schools of $200 000. That was the reference in those budget papers to what became Shenton College. That was the difference. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member was able to announce the college in his public statement. I want to give the member for Cottesloe a piece of advice. Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr C.J. Barnett: I want no advice from you at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member does not have to take it, but it is friendly advice. The member for Cottesloe is surrounded by people who do not want him there. Of the few of them who bother to turn up, most of them cannot bear to look at him because they realise he is a liability. Half of his backbench does not come to question time any more, and half of those who are here are leaving. The member does not have the numbers to form a Cabinet if he were in office. Look at them - there are about five of them. The member for Cottesloe is in complete disarray. I have a bit of advice for the member for Cottesloe: every time he takes me on in education, he will stub his toe in his little head kicking exercise. Give it away, son. I am looking straight at the member for Cottesloe - he is not up to it!
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