❓ Debate regarding the cost of refurbishing Hale House for the Premier's office. The Opposition questions the Premier's cost estimates, suggesting they differ from the Under Treasurer's figures, particularly regarding fit-out costs.
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PREMIER’S OFFICE — RELOCATION COSTS
I have a supplementary question. Given that yesterday in question time the Premier dismissed the Under Treasurer’s costings for his “palace”, will he now table the costings document on which the government based its decision? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Given that yesterday in question time the Premier dismissed the Under Treasurer’s costings for his “palace”, will he now table the costings document on which the government based its decision? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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Yesterday I advised the amount of money required to refurbish the building under heritage conditions to practical use and to a good standard, by which I mean the standard of the adjoining Constitutional Centre. If the Leader of the Opposition thinks this will be lavish, or overdone or underdone, he can walk into the Constitutional Centre and make a judgement, but that is the standard that would be expected by the Heritage Council of a heritage-listed building. No one knows the exact condition of the building. I imagine that the wiring will need to be replaced. The initial inspection by architects is that the building appears to be structurally sound; but who knows when it starts to be pulled apart and walls knocked down and new features put in. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Yesterday I advised the amount of money required to refurbish the building under heritage conditions to practical use and to a good standard, by which I mean the standard of the adjoining Constitutional Centre. If the Leader of the Opposition thinks this will be lavish, or overdone or underdone, he can walk into the Constitutional Centre and make a judgement, but that is the standard that would be expected by the Heritage Council of a heritage-listed building. No one knows the exact condition of the building. I imagine that the wiring will need to be replaced. The initial inspection by architects is that the building appears to be structurally sound; but who knows when it starts to be pulled apart and walls knocked down and new features put in. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Yesterday I advised the amount of money required to refurbish the building under heritage conditions to practical use and to a good standard, by which I mean the standard of the adjoining Constitutional Centre. If the Leader of the Opposition thinks this will be lavish, or overdone or underdone, he can walk into the Constitutional Centre and make a judgement, but that is the standard that would be expected by the Heritage Council of a heritage-listed building. No one knows the exact condition of the building. I imagine that the wiring will need to be replaced. The initial inspection by architects is that the building appears to be structurally sound; but who knows when it starts to be pulled apart and walls knocked down and new features put in. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Yesterday I advised the amount of money required to refurbish the building under heritage conditions to practical use and to a good standard, by which I mean the standard of the adjoining Constitutional Centre. If the Leader of the Opposition thinks this will be lavish, or overdone or underdone, he can walk into the Constitutional Centre and make a judgement, but that is the standard that would be expected by the Heritage Council of a heritage-listed building. No one knows the exact condition of the building. I imagine that the wiring will need to be replaced. The initial inspection by architects is that the building appears to be structurally sound; but who knows when it starts to be pulled apart and walls knocked down and new features put in. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Yesterday I advised the amount of money required to refurbish the building under heritage conditions to practical use and to a good standard, by which I mean the standard of the adjoining Constitutional Centre. If the Leader of the Opposition thinks this will be lavish, or overdone or underdone, he can walk into the Constitutional Centre and make a judgement, but that is the standard that would be expected by the Heritage Council of a heritage-listed building. No one knows the exact condition of the building. I imagine that the wiring will need to be replaced. The initial inspection by architects is that the building appears to be structurally sound; but who knows when it starts to be pulled apart and walls knocked down and new features put in. Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So it could be $35 million? Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, it could not. The best estimate is $17 million to refurbish that building and to bring it up to a heritage-approved standard comparable with the Constitutional Centre. In the documents tabled by the Under Treasurer, there are further allocations for contingency fees and the like, and whatever else. Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : And fit-out! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. It is what I said in the statement I read into the Parliament yesterday. Please allow me, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, to again read the statement that I made in the house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million — Mr E.S. Ripper : But the Under Treasurer says the fit-out is $8.5 million. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Your manners are just so bad! Just listen! It is Thursday, two weeks on. Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Just answer the question and there will be no need for an interruption at all! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have the head of all education here who is setting higher standards in schools and every day she goes out to schools — Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Is that what you are going to be like when you are emperor over at your palace? Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr M. McGowan : You remind me of Lord Farquaad! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will not tell the member for Rockingham who he reminds me of! I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
I will again quote the brief ministerial statement that I made in this house on 24 February. It reads — The construction, site costs and most of the fit-out for the redevelopment of Hale House are estimated at $17 million plus planning, design, and other fees. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you table the financial analysis? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has all the stuff. Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We have a PowerPoint presentation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has got that; he got it before I did, so good on him! Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Yesterday the Premier dismissed it! Your staff provide better information to me than they do to you! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition asked me the question. The cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. As I said yesterday, other works will be done around the site. An access way will be built. I do not know what the security measures will be; that will not be determined by me but they will be there. I know that some of the initial briefs included the acquisition of artworks. We are not going to be buying any artworks for this. I do not have the figure in front of me. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : There was also a very large amount of money for contingencies because it is a 100-year-old building and its condition is unknown, but I expect that amount will not be used. It will cost $17 million to refurbish the building and, yes, there will be fittings and other bits and pieces that go with it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think Treasury is putting unnecessary costs into the estimate? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I think there was a lot of padding in the figures tabled yesterday. I am and have been aware of those figures for some time. But as I said, and said truthfully in this Parliament, the cost of refurbishing the building is $17 million. That includes most of the fit-out. In addition to that, there are other planning fees and whatever else. Most of those fees will probably be book accounting entries from one government department to another.
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