❓ Question on the Road Traffic Amendment (Hoons) Bill 2009 devolves into a heated exchange, with accusations of misleading statements and misogyny, overshadowing the bill's benefits.
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ROAD TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (HOONS) BILL 2009 — BENEFITS
I refer the minister to the Road Traffic Amendment (Hoons) Bill 2009 and comments about this legislation made by members of the Labor Party. Will the minister inform the house whether the claims made by the opposition are a true reflection of the benefits of this new legislation? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I refer the minister to the Road Traffic Amendment (Hoons) Bill 2009 and comments about this legislation made by members of the Labor Party. Will the minister inform the house whether the claims made by the opposition are a true reflection of the benefits of this new legislation? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I thank the member for Southern River for his question and for his genuine interest in road safety and matters related to hoons. Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for Southern River for his question and for his genuine interest in road safety and matters related to hoons. Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
I thank the member for Southern River for his question and for his genuine interest in road safety and matters related to hoons. Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I thank the member for Southern River for his question and for his genuine interest in road safety and matters related to hoons. Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
I thank the member for Southern River for his question and for his genuine interest in road safety and matters related to hoons. Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : That is why he spoke on the second reading! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Girrawheen! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is interjecting on me, so I will come to her first. I was very interested this morning to hear the member for Girrawheen’s comments on the hoon legislation when she said that my comments had made her blood pressure rise. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She was talking to Simon Beaumont on 6PR and went on to say that she thought I was very, very cute. I am flattered, member for Girrawheen, but to quote a famous book, I am just not that into you! Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Do you realise what a mob of misogynists you are? It comes out all the time. You can’t help it. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not know that the sort of interjection from the member for Armadale was absolutely necessary and I call her to order formally for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make is the simple fact that the member for Girrawheen was misleading the listeners of 6PR. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : No; you are a misogynist, as are half the members on that side! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If I expressed what I thought about the member for Armadale, I would probably be excluded from this chamber. I have never in my life met a woman like her. I have got to say that. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen told the listeners of 6PR this morning that the legislation was introduced yesterday. That is a total untruth and she knows it. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Those were the member for Girrawheen’s words—the legislation was introduced yesterday. The legislation was introduced two months ago. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yesterday was the first time we had an opportunity to debate it, minister. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I am having trouble hearing the Minister for Police address this question; I am sure that a lot of other members of this place are as well. A little less roar, please. Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Both this minister and the Treasurer attack members of the opposition as part of their answers regularly. Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. Johnson : What did your member just do? The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That invites interjection, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr J.R. Quigley interjected. The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I formally call to order the member for Mindarie for the first time. I have given the opportunity to the member for Rockingham to make the point of order. I was taking it. The only person I want to hear talking is the member for Rockingham. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, when a minister attacks a member of the opposition as part of an answer to a question, it invites interjection. I submit to the house that if the minister was not attacking a member of the opposition, the interjections would not be taking place. If ministers, therefore, were to act in a responsible and sensible manner and answer questions sensibly, we would not have these interjections. Perhaps the Leader of the House should have a look at his own behaviour before he starts raising these matters. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Just to clarify matters, I actually responded to an interjection from the member for Girrawheen. The minute I got on my feet, she interjected on me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
The SPEAKER : I ask the minister to take his seat. I do not want to continue doing this. Question time will finish in seven minutes. While I am on my feet, I formally call to order for the second time the member for Albany and for the first time the member for Joondalup. They might listen to the words of the leader of opposition business. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The point I was trying to make was that members opposite made lots of comments yesterday evening during the debate on the hoon legislation, and it clearly showed that virtually none of them really understood it. The only sensible contribution, in my view, was made by the former police minister, who actually knew the legislation. The member for Girrawheen has had a copy of the legislation for the past two months. She has had briefings from my office and she should know all about it, but she does not because her comments on 6PR suggested that the hoon legislation would be unfair to employers whose cars were impounded. It was the previous government’s legislation that did that. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : It was the previous government’s legislation that impounded cars for 28 days. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Girrawheen is getting confused again. Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Ms M.M. Quirk : No. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : We go from that to the outrageous comments yesterday evening from the member for Mindarie. We had half an hour of drivel from him when he was picking on lady drivers. He said that if they were caught putting on their lippy when they were at traffic lights or somewhere on the roads, or if they were on a mobile phone, they would lose their vehicle and the vehicle would be impounded for 28 days. He knows that is not true. He is frightening the life out of female drivers in the community and he should be ashamed of himself. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Let us go on to the member for Midland. The member for Midland started complaining yesterday evening that the penalty of $2 500 is too little for anybody who devalues a vehicle that has been called in for impoundment or confiscation. It was the member for Midland who brought in that legislation! Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It should be strengthened. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member for Midland is the one who brought it in. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Absolutely! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Why did she not do it when she was in government? She criticises us but this is all to do with her legislation. Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, I will have to fix legislation that members opposite brought in. I will be doing that and bringing the bill on tomorrow for consideration in detail. It will be very interesting to see how members opposite react, because they are dealing with this legislation in the same way they dealt with the legislation dealing with assaults on police officers. They go out into the community and say that they support the police and they support the legislation, but when they come into this place they gut it. That is what they are trying to do with this hoon legislation; they are trying to gut it. They told me yesterday evening that it was the number one issue in their electorates but all they are trying to do is gut the legislation. We are not going to let them do it. We will have the toughest hoon legislation in Australia.
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