❓ Mr Ripper asks if the government will fund legal costs for Toodyay bushfire victims involved in a potential test case. Mr Barnett refuses, stating the government is already providing substantial financial assistance.
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TOODYAY BUSHFIRE — FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
I ask a supplementary question. If this is to be a test case, will the government fund the legal costs of these people, who are having their lost property made part of an international test case? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I ask a supplementary question. If this is to be a test case, will the government fund the legal costs of these people, who are having their lost property made part of an international test case? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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No, the government will not fund the legal costs. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: No, the government will not fund the legal costs. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
No, the government will not fund the legal costs. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: No, the government will not fund the legal costs. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
No, the government will not fund the legal costs. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Well, $10 million is not mean. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If someone has lost their house, tragic as that is, and if they were uninsured, and they now find that the taxpayer is making $190 000 available to them, I think many people would think that is a pretty fair outcome. Some people are making claims for large amounts of money. My question is: why were they not insured? The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
The government will not be funding a case. If people choose to litigate, they can do so. If they choose to take some of the payment that they will receive from the government to fund litigation, that is entirely their choice. The government has no view, no comment on that.
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