❓ Mrs. Hayden questions the Premier about a 'declared pest tax' allegedly imposed by the Minister for Agriculture and Food in her electorate. The Premier denies knowledge of such a tax and suggests she direct her questions to the relevant minister in the upper house.
AnsweredQoN 609Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
DECLARED PEST — TAX
609. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. It
is a shame that the Premier does not know what his minister is doing. Will he
now find out and instruct —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Corrective Services, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Will the
Premier now instruct his Minister for Agriculture and Food —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Corrective Services, I call you to order for the second time.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Will the
Premier now instruct the Minister for Agriculture and Food to immediately
abandon the imposition of this declared pest tax on households in my electorate
and others in the south west?
609. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. It
is a shame that the Premier does not know what his minister is doing. Will he
now find out and instruct —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Corrective Services, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Will the
Premier now instruct his Minister for Agriculture and Food —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Corrective Services, I call you to order for the second time.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Will the
Premier now instruct the Minister for Agriculture and Food to immediately
abandon the imposition of this declared pest tax on households in my electorate
and others in the south west?
AnswerView source ↗
I am unaware of what the member is
referring to. I am confident that there is no such tax. The member for Darling Range
might not understand the difference between a tax and a charge. She has been a member
of the upper house for only eight years so she might not get that. I am unaware
of what she is referring to. What she will find across government is that all
sorts of agencies do all sorts of things and sometimes there is a fee for
service involved. All sorts of things happen across government. I have noticed
a slight trend in this house of two members of the opposition—I think
they are the opposition together, but I am not sure; are the Liberal and
National Parties together or not?
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : No; it is hard
to determine. Members from both sides ask me questions about things that
ministers in the upper house have allegedly done.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will give
the member the tip: the upper house has this thing called question time each
afternoon that it sits. She might not know that, but the upper house has that.
She can ask a question of a minister there each afternoon about their
portfolio. I would have thought that is fine.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, I call you to order for the first time.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I note that
the Leader of the Opposition is interjecting. He has asked me one question this
week. That shows his level of confidence and his level of confidence in his own
ability. That is what that says.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
referring to. I am confident that there is no such tax. The member for Darling Range
might not understand the difference between a tax and a charge. She has been a member
of the upper house for only eight years so she might not get that. I am unaware
of what she is referring to. What she will find across government is that all
sorts of agencies do all sorts of things and sometimes there is a fee for
service involved. All sorts of things happen across government. I have noticed
a slight trend in this house of two members of the opposition—I think
they are the opposition together, but I am not sure; are the Liberal and
National Parties together or not?
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : No; it is hard
to determine. Members from both sides ask me questions about things that
ministers in the upper house have allegedly done.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will give
the member the tip: the upper house has this thing called question time each
afternoon that it sits. She might not know that, but the upper house has that.
She can ask a question of a minister there each afternoon about their
portfolio. I would have thought that is fine.
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Darling Range, I call you to order for the first time.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I note that
the Leader of the Opposition is interjecting. He has asked me one question this
week. That shows his level of confidence and his level of confidence in his own
ability. That is what that says.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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