❓ Opposition Leader Ripper questions Premier Barnett about a payout to a senior executive (Michele Dolin) based on a salary increase approved by Barnett, while Barnett defends Dolin's performance and deflects by criticizing Labor's past superannuation policies and Ripper's past performance as Treasurer.
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SENIOR EXECUTIVES — SALARIES
I have a supplementary question. The Premier is saying that he can have a conversation with a GTE about port access arrangements and not have to issue it with a written direction, but he cannot do anything about a payout based on a salary increase that occurred on his watch. He increased this person’s salary and the payout is based in part on the increase that happened on his watch. Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. The Premier is saying that he can have a conversation with a GTE about port access arrangements and not have to issue it with a written direction, but he cannot do anything about a payout based on a salary increase that occurred on his watch. He increased this person’s salary and the payout is based in part on the increase that happened on his watch. Mr C.J. BARNETT
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Michele Dolin did a good job at GESB. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Michele Dolin did a good job at GESB. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Michele Dolin did a good job at GESB. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Michele Dolin did a good job at GESB. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Michele Dolin did a good job at GESB. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : She was not sacked. She did a good job. She increased the performance and size of that fund, and I think we should be respectful of the years of service she gave. There were differences over the proposed mutualisation. Again, that was another failed Labor project. Just think about what the consequence of that would have been. This was the Labor Party’s grand plan. The Government Employees Superannuation Board has the very responsible task of preserving and looking after the superannuation payments and accumulated reserves of — Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You voted for it. What a hypocrite! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you expect an answer to your supplementary question, you are not going about it the right way. Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I expect truth and honesty from the Premier, and I’m not getting it. The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : I formally call you to order for the first time, Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is important that people’s superannuation, their retirement income, is preserved and protected. The Labor Party wanted to go down this mutualisation road. It wanted a scenario whereby people outside the public sector could go into GESB. Imagine what would have happened had something gone wrong within GESB, such as happens during global financial crises. Where would the state have been? Not only would the state have had a moral responsibility to look after its present and former employees, but also it would have then had to assume a responsibility to look after private sector employees who had joined the fund. How stupid would that have been? The Leader of the Opposition should not come into this place and lecture us on how we should behave. No-one can rewrite the history of the Leader of the Opposition’s incompetence on the Office of Shared Services. Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Lowest state debt on record. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We will wait for the trifecta. There are three incompetent projects. There was the failed premium property tax on the first day he became Treasurer. Remember that blinder! Then we had the Office of Shared Services. That was an absolute blinder. Then we had energy sector reform, which was going to save money and lower electricity prices. This government has had to deal with that catastrophe in energy ever since. The one person in this place who does not deserve superannuation is the Leader of the Opposition.
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