❓ Mr Whitely questions the Minister regarding the Leader of the Opposition's claim of cancelled flying allowances. The Minister refutes the claim, stating unlimited business class travel is available for official purposes.
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I draw the minister’s attention to the statement on radio 6PR on Sunday, 16 November 2003 in which the Leader of the Opposition said - . . . I was spending four or five days travelling by car through the Kimberley. I have to go by car because Geoff Gallop cancelled my flying allowance, so I’m the only Opposition leader in the world that has to drive everywhere. Is this true? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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I thank the member for the question. Yesterday, on another matter, I had to point out how a Liberal member in the other place made a statement that was quite absurd. Today, the member’s question draws our attention to a statement recently made by the Leader of the Opposition. We can expect the Leader of the Opposition to exaggerate a bit. He says in that comment that he is the only opposition leader in the world who travels by car. He went on to say - A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. Yesterday, on another matter, I had to point out how a Liberal member in the other place made a statement that was quite absurd. Today, the member’s question draws our attention to a statement recently made by the Leader of the Opposition. We can expect the Leader of the Opposition to exaggerate a bit. He says in that comment that he is the only opposition leader in the world who travels by car. He went on to say - A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
I thank the member for the question. Yesterday, on another matter, I had to point out how a Liberal member in the other place made a statement that was quite absurd. Today, the member’s question draws our attention to a statement recently made by the Leader of the Opposition. We can expect the Leader of the Opposition to exaggerate a bit. He says in that comment that he is the only opposition leader in the world who travels by car. He went on to say - A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team.
Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for the question. Yesterday, on another matter, I had to point out how a Liberal member in the other place made a statement that was quite absurd. Today, the member’s question draws our attention to a statement recently made by the Leader of the Opposition. We can expect the Leader of the Opposition to exaggerate a bit. He says in that comment that he is the only opposition leader in the world who travels by car. He went on to say - A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
I thank the member for the question. Yesterday, on another matter, I had to point out how a Liberal member in the other place made a statement that was quite absurd. Today, the member’s question draws our attention to a statement recently made by the Leader of the Opposition. We can expect the Leader of the Opposition to exaggerate a bit. He says in that comment that he is the only opposition leader in the world who travels by car. He went on to say - A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
A government member: It may not be for much longer. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Yes, it may not be for much longer. He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
He says that he is the only opposition leader in the world who has to drive everywhere. What an absolute nonsense! However, that is insignificant compared with the earlier part of his statement that the Premier, Geoff Gallop, had cancelled his flying allowance. When there was a change of government in 2001, absolutely no changes were made to the budget available to the Leader of the Opposition’s office. Further, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly is entitled to unlimited business class travel on air services for official purposes anywhere in Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Honour it! I do not have it. There is no money. Don’t you understand? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: Is the Leader of the Opposition saying that he cannot get a plane out of Perth for official purposes? Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: That is right. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: That is absolutely untrue. On radio, the Leader of the Opposition stated this untruth. However, today, as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, I checked with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and was told by its officials that there had been no such reduction by the Premier or anyone else. There has been absolutely no change. Unlimited business class fares are available, as they have been and still are, to the Leader of the Opposition for official business inside Australia. However, the Leader of the Opposition is not worried about telling the truth. Time after time he says things that are not true. Does he ever correct the record? No, he tries to continue the untruth, as he has in this Chamber today. We in this Chamber have known for some years now that the Leader of the Opposition has no regard for the truth; is it little wonder, now that it is out in the wider community, that it has stirred up - Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Will you then confirm that I, as Leader of the Opposition, have unlimited air travel within this State? Will you confirm that? Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: On official business, on normal flights, yes. Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Thank you. I will now exercise it if I need it. Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Dr G.I. Gallop: What about the untruth? Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: We will now send all travel accounts to you. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The SPEAKER: Members! Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You have never honoured it. Now I will expect the Government to honour all travel commitments. Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Dr G.I. Gallop: When did the Government never honour a travel request? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The Leader of the Opposition has been caught out again because he has no respect for the truth. I refer to part of a report on the Channel 9 news last night - Sources say a group of Liberals is pushing for a leadership challenge next Tuesday, the last time the party meets before the Christmas break. The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team. Finally the Liberals have woken up to the fact that they have a leader who simply cannot speak the truth. Now that the public knows that - Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
The plan being touted is to replace Colin Barnett with current deputy, Dan Sullivan, and have Kalgoorlie MP, Matt Birney, as his offsider, in a much younger and inexperienced leadership team.
Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down, you clown. Go and join the Moscow Circus. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member does not want me helping his campaign? Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr M.J. Birney: Sit down; you are a clown. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: The member for Kalgoorlie is aware that this is his opportunity, because Liberal members across the State of Western Australia now have an unelectable Leader of the Opposition; so who will fill the gap? Who is in the camp of the member for Cottesloe and the members for Mitchell and Kalgoorlie? Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is clearly a requirement to be able to make airline bookings. We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
We wish the Liberal Party well. This is not a functioning Opposition while it has a lame-duck Leader of the Opposition, who time after time does not speak the truth.
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