❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Premier's renewable energy policies, citing inconsistencies with the Minister for Energy's actions. The Premier deflects by referencing a past policy reversal by the Liberal and National parties regarding solar feed-in tariffs.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY
801. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
original question was directed at the Premier and not the Minister for Energy
because of the comments the Premier made to the ABC and Briana Shepherd
yesterday. How can the Premier claim, as he did yesterday, to have very strong
policies on renewable energy when his Minister for Energy has claimed that no
subsidies are required for solar, he intends to cut the renewable energy
buyback scheme and has introduced massive increases in electricity bills for
households with solar panels?
801. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
original question was directed at the Premier and not the Minister for Energy
because of the comments the Premier made to the ABC and Briana Shepherd
yesterday. How can the Premier claim, as he did yesterday, to have very strong
policies on renewable energy when his Minister for Energy has claimed that no
subsidies are required for solar, he intends to cut the renewable energy
buyback scheme and has introduced massive increases in electricity bills for
households with solar panels?
AnswerView source ↗
For a start, the presumption of the
question is wrong: I did not say it to Briana Shepherd yesterday, just for the
record. My memory goes back some distance. If the member wants to talk about
solar panels, let us go back to the 2014 or 2015 budget when the Liberal and
National Parties were ripping up the agreements between householders and
Synergy. Do you remember that, Mr Speaker? It was the member for Riverton's
first budget. Do members remember that they were going out and ripping up
agreements for the feed-in tariff between households and Synergy? Members
opposite went out there and unilaterally said, ''We're going to
rip up these agreements.'' Remember that one, Mr Speaker? That one
lasted all of four days. It was four days before Premier Barnett worked out
what a goose his Minister for Energy was. He thought: hold on, this is not a good
idea. He came out on the Thursday and did a backflip on the Monday, or maybe
even the Sunday. I recall that it was a glorious few days.
Several members interjected.
Withdrawal of Remark
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY :
The member for Warren–Blackwood is referring to the Premier in the most
unparliamentary language. I ask him to withdraw.
Mr D.T.
REDMAN : Further to that point of order, I called the Premier a grub,
and history in this place says that is not unparliamentary.
Mr D.A.
TEMPLEMAN : Further to the point of order, it is impugning the
Premier and it should be withdrawn.
The
SPEAKER : It has been ruled before that it was okay.
Questions without Notice
Resumed
Mr M. McGOWAN : I think the
Liberals and Nationals in Western Australia are in an appalling state—an
embarrassment to this state and to the parties nationally, and the federal
Liberals and Nationals know it.
question is wrong: I did not say it to Briana Shepherd yesterday, just for the
record. My memory goes back some distance. If the member wants to talk about
solar panels, let us go back to the 2014 or 2015 budget when the Liberal and
National Parties were ripping up the agreements between householders and
Synergy. Do you remember that, Mr Speaker? It was the member for Riverton's
first budget. Do members remember that they were going out and ripping up
agreements for the feed-in tariff between households and Synergy? Members
opposite went out there and unilaterally said, ''We're going to
rip up these agreements.'' Remember that one, Mr Speaker? That one
lasted all of four days. It was four days before Premier Barnett worked out
what a goose his Minister for Energy was. He thought: hold on, this is not a good
idea. He came out on the Thursday and did a backflip on the Monday, or maybe
even the Sunday. I recall that it was a glorious few days.
Several members interjected.
Withdrawal of Remark
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY :
The member for Warren–Blackwood is referring to the Premier in the most
unparliamentary language. I ask him to withdraw.
Mr D.T.
REDMAN : Further to that point of order, I called the Premier a grub,
and history in this place says that is not unparliamentary.
Mr D.A.
TEMPLEMAN : Further to the point of order, it is impugning the
Premier and it should be withdrawn.
The
SPEAKER : It has been ruled before that it was okay.
Questions without Notice
Resumed
Mr M. McGOWAN : I think the
Liberals and Nationals in Western Australia are in an appalling state—an
embarrassment to this state and to the parties nationally, and the federal
Liberals and Nationals know it.
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