❓ Question regarding potential pay cuts and job losses at Premier Coal due to enterprise bargaining. Minister's response implies government support is contingent on the member's stance, leading to heated exchanges and disorder in parliament.
AnsweredQoN 536Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PREMIER COAL — ENTERPRISE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT
536. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister be doing anything to prevent a $50 000 pay cut and job losses
to the Premier Coal workforce considering the very strong leverage of $50 million?
AGREEMENT
536. Mr M.P. MURRAY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister be doing anything to prevent a $50 000 pay cut and job losses
to the Premier Coal workforce considering the very strong leverage of $50 million?
AnswerView source ↗
If the member wants us to take the
$50 million away, we will take it away and more jobs will be lost. Does the
member want us to do that?
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : That is what the member is advocating.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the
first time. Premier, I call you to order for the first time. I want this
answered through the Chair very quickly; we are running out of time.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : I respect you, member —
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the
second time.
Mr
M.P. Murray : You're sooking there like a mongrel dog.
Withdrawal of Remark
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I ask you to withdraw that.
Mr
M.P. Murray : I withdraw.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you. I call you to order now for the third time.
Questions without Notice
Resumed
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : Member for Collie–Preston, you represent the major
coalfield in this state—start doing it.
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I have called you to order
three times. Minister, I want the answer through the Chair. I do not want you
to talk to the member for Collie–Preston. If you shout out again,
member for Collie–Preston, you are going out.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : You are the member for Collie–Preston —
The
SPEAKER : I call you to order now, minister. I gave you a direction and you
are now flouting my direction. Speak through the Chair—a quick answer.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : The member for Collie–Preston claims to represent the
interests of coal miners and the coalfield. He is sitting in a party that wants
to close it down and he is asking us to save it. We are. He has provided no
leadership to his union members—no leadership at all. That coalfield is
under stress like nothing before.
The
SPEAKER : Sit down, please. That is the end of it.
$50 million away, we will take it away and more jobs will be lost. Does the
member want us to do that?
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : That is what the member is advocating.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the
first time. Premier, I call you to order for the first time. I want this
answered through the Chair very quickly; we are running out of time.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : I respect you, member —
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I call you to order for the
second time.
Mr
M.P. Murray : You're sooking there like a mongrel dog.
Withdrawal of Remark
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I ask you to withdraw that.
Mr
M.P. Murray : I withdraw.
The
SPEAKER : Thank you. I call you to order now for the third time.
Questions without Notice
Resumed
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : Member for Collie–Preston, you represent the major
coalfield in this state—start doing it.
Mr
M.P. Murray interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Collie–Preston, I have called you to order
three times. Minister, I want the answer through the Chair. I do not want you
to talk to the member for Collie–Preston. If you shout out again,
member for Collie–Preston, you are going out.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : You are the member for Collie–Preston —
The
SPEAKER : I call you to order now, minister. I gave you a direction and you
are now flouting my direction. Speak through the Chair—a quick answer.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : The member for Collie–Preston claims to represent the
interests of coal miners and the coalfield. He is sitting in a party that wants
to close it down and he is asking us to save it. We are. He has provided no
leadership to his union members—no leadership at all. That coalfield is
under stress like nothing before.
The
SPEAKER : Sit down, please. That is the end of it.
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