❓ Shadow Treasurer Ripper accuses Treasurer Buswell of leaking information to the press after denying it to parliament regarding electricity price increases. Buswell denies the accusation and blames the previous Labor government for the increases.
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STATE BUDGET — ELECTRICITY PRICE INCREASES
Has the Treasurer adopted the practice of denying information to the house and later deliberately leaking it to the press? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
Has the Treasurer adopted the practice of denying information to the house and later deliberately leaking it to the press? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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The short answer is no. I will tell members opposite something: they should read budget paper 3 from last year. I encourage all members on this side to do that also and look at the one line of detail provided about, let us call them, electricity glide paths, or the path of the increase in electricity prices. This year the information will be fully laid out, tabulated, and clear and easy to understand. We, and I think the public of Western Australia, understand that the reason electricity prices are going up is that the Labor government botched the reform process.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: The short answer is no. I will tell members opposite something: they should read budget paper 3 from last year. I encourage all members on this side to do that also and look at the one line of detail provided about, let us call them, electricity glide paths, or the path of the increase in electricity prices. This year the information will be fully laid out, tabulated, and clear and easy to understand. We, and I think the public of Western Australia, understand that the reason electricity prices are going up is that the Labor government botched the reform process.
The short answer is no. I will tell members opposite something: they should read budget paper 3 from last year. I encourage all members on this side to do that also and look at the one line of detail provided about, let us call them, electricity glide paths, or the path of the increase in electricity prices. This year the information will be fully laid out, tabulated, and clear and easy to understand. We, and I think the public of Western Australia, understand that the reason electricity prices are going up is that the Labor government botched the reform process.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: The short answer is no. I will tell members opposite something: they should read budget paper 3 from last year. I encourage all members on this side to do that also and look at the one line of detail provided about, let us call them, electricity glide paths, or the path of the increase in electricity prices. This year the information will be fully laid out, tabulated, and clear and easy to understand. We, and I think the public of Western Australia, understand that the reason electricity prices are going up is that the Labor government botched the reform process.
The short answer is no. I will tell members opposite something: they should read budget paper 3 from last year. I encourage all members on this side to do that also and look at the one line of detail provided about, let us call them, electricity glide paths, or the path of the increase in electricity prices. This year the information will be fully laid out, tabulated, and clear and easy to understand. We, and I think the public of Western Australia, understand that the reason electricity prices are going up is that the Labor government botched the reform process.
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