❓ Opposition questions the Premier regarding unresolved staff superannuation payments by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, despite the Premier's claim of resolution. The Premier deflects, questioning the opposition's integrity and highlighting a federal scandal.
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MINISTER FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES - STAFF SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS
Yesterday the Premier advised the house that matters surrounding the non-payment of staff superannuation by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services had been “resolved”. Given that staff have still not been paid their lawful superannuation entitlements - (1) Does the Premier still claim that this matter has been resolved? (2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Yesterday the Premier advised the house that matters surrounding the non-payment of staff superannuation by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services had been “resolved”. Given that staff have still not been paid their lawful superannuation entitlements - (1) Does the Premier still claim that this matter has been resolved? (2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
(1) Does the Premier still claim that this matter has been resolved? (2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
(2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
(1) Does the Premier still claim that this matter has been resolved? (2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
(2) I repeat my question from yesterday: how much was the minister forced to repay, to whom were the payments made and to what period do these payments relate? The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
The SPEAKER : I fail to see how the last question, in three parts, falls into the Premier’s area of responsibility. However, the Premier can answer the first part of the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
My understanding, as I explained yesterday, is that this matter has been resolved. The member for Ballajura has paid the outstanding amount to the Australian Taxation Office. Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr T.R. Buswell : How much? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member has just been given a directive on that. He has just been told that that is an issue that does not confront - Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr C.J. Barnett : That does not prevent you answering. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The matter has been resolved between the member for Ballajura and the Australian Taxation Office. As far as I am concerned, that means that the issue is resolved here. The issue now outstanding is between the Australian Taxation Office and the former employees. The member for Ballajura has made several statements to the Parliament about this matter. I do not think the issue is in dispute any longer as far as his relationship - Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr T.R. Buswell : You front up and tell those young girls that, Premier. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think they are also aware that the issue is now between them and the Australian Taxation Office. It is interesting that we are getting this line of questioning from the member for Vasse. One of the former members for Vasse is in the visitors’ gallery, and I do not think, in his entire career in Parliament, he ever behaved in a way similar to this member. The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
The member asked me a convoluted question yesterday about whether I had confidence in the minister, and I said yes, I do have confidence in the minister. Let me ask this question: would those members on the other side who have confidence in the member for Vasse indicate it? Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Government members: One! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There we go! Is the member for Vasse still the Deputy Leader of the Opposition? Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Ms S.E. Walker : Are you still the Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I still am. The member for Vasse is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. He throws the door open and lets us run through with all this. How about the member for Hillarys? Does he have confidence in his deputy? Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr C.J. Barnett : You can always tell when someone won’t answer a question - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have answered the question. Member for Hillarys? Come on! Who has confidence in this person? The person who asked the question is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and no-one on the other side has the strength of character to put up his or her hand and say, “I have confidence in him.” Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler : One has. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Who was that? Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler : The member for Dawesville. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Really, I have heard all the quotes - dishonest, lying, traitorous, cowardly - and the member for Vasse stands and asks questions about the member for Ballajura. The situation in Western Australia at the moment is that the member for Ballajura has admitted that he made a mistake. It was a grave matter, and he has addressed that matter. For purely political reasons, the opposition wants to keep pursuing this. It is interesting that The West Australian wants to keep pursuing it. What is happening in Australia at the moment? The commonwealth government, the Prime Minister and all his ministers are involved in a scandal of monumental proportions involving the Australian Wheat Board, which went out of its way to conceal the activities that this nation has been involved in. Bribes were paid to a murderous nation with which we are now at war. What do we find? All the attention of the poor old The West Australian was on Gary Adshead who was desperately trying to justify his lame pursuit of the member for Ballajura, who has already conceded that there was an error. He has apologised for any hurt. He has resolved the matter with the Australian Taxation Office.
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