❓ Mr. Ripper questions the Premier about public access to ministers' family financial holdings. The Premier deflects, citing existing disclosure requirements and proposing reciprocal disclosure from the opposition.
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MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT — CONFLICT OF INTEREST
I have a supplementary question. Is the Premier saying that if ministers refuse, he will not provide the public with information about their family holdings in private superannuation funds, family trusts and private companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Is the Premier saying that if ministers refuse, he will not provide the public with information about their family holdings in private superannuation funds, family trusts and private companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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Mr Speaker, there is, already, disclosure under pecuniary interest; that disclosure refers to spouses and joint holdings and the like. The Leader of the Opposition is now asking for private members of our community to divulge a level of detail about their personal affairs that is unprecedented. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary — Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Mr Speaker, there is, already, disclosure under pecuniary interest; that disclosure refers to spouses and joint holdings and the like. The Leader of the Opposition is now asking for private members of our community to divulge a level of detail about their personal affairs that is unprecedented. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary — Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr Speaker, there is, already, disclosure under pecuniary interest; that disclosure refers to spouses and joint holdings and the like. The Leader of the Opposition is now asking for private members of our community to divulge a level of detail about their personal affairs that is unprecedented. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary — Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Mr Speaker, there is, already, disclosure under pecuniary interest; that disclosure refers to spouses and joint holdings and the like. The Leader of the Opposition is now asking for private members of our community to divulge a level of detail about their personal affairs that is unprecedented. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary — Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr Speaker, there is, already, disclosure under pecuniary interest; that disclosure refers to spouses and joint holdings and the like. The Leader of the Opposition is now asking for private members of our community to divulge a level of detail about their personal affairs that is unprecedented. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary — Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr E.S. Ripper : They will have to divulge to the Cabinet Secretary. I am just asking that the public have access to the same information. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yes, and kept in confidence. Will the Leader of the Opposition also provide such details? Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
Mr Speaker, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak to the individual people concerned, and now I ask that the Leader of the Opposition do the same for his entire front bench.
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