❓ Question on stamp duty exemptions for first home buyers devolves into political point-scoring, with the Premier attacking the opposition's disunity and lack of a coherent plan.
AnsweredQoN 892Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
FIRST HOME BUYERS —
STAMP DUTY EXEMPTIONS
892. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Is the Premier's refusal to meaningfully
increase the stamp duty exemption threshold simply because his
government lacks a plan to address the housing affordability crisis for first
home buyers?
STAMP DUTY EXEMPTIONS
892. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Is the Premier's refusal to meaningfully
increase the stamp duty exemption threshold simply because his
government lacks a plan to address the housing affordability crisis for first
home buyers?
AnswerView source ↗
I
assume the member is referring to either his plan with regard to stamp duty or
maybe he is referring to the Liberal Party's plan for stamp
duty. Of course, we do not know, because they are a shambles. They cannot talk
to each other. We last week heard them confidently tell the Western Australian
people that the alliance would have a protocol on which they would agree. That
was last weekend. What was happening for the three years before that? What a shambles
and what a joke! It would be funny if not for the fact that we are now just
three or four months away from an election. The Western Australian people have
an opportunity to pass judgement on those who cannot even agree with themselves
when it comes to the Liberal Party.
Point of Order
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Point of order.
The SPEAKER : Order! Points
of order are heard in silence.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : I refer to standing order 78 on
relevance. This question is about first home buyers, not the opposition.
The SPEAKER : I will not uphold the point of order. The
question is about first home buyers and government policy and I think a comparison
with opposition policy falls within the ambit of that answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think it
absolutely falls into the ambit of the answer because the member opposite was
asking me about first home buyer policies. He was essentially referring to his
own policy or potentially the Liberal policy. Perhaps he was referring to that
blancmange of misunderstanding, conflict and division that is the alliance
partnership at the moment.
As I was saying, four months from now, we will have an
election. The choice for the Western Australian people will be between a government
that does what is right for WA, a government that has driven jobs, a government that has a laser focus on cost-of-living
measures, a government that has invested in our world-class healthcare system and a government that is getting on top of the housing challenges, and the
other option, which is a hopelessly divided
and shambolic alliance between the Liberals and Nationals. That is before we
get to the complete mess that is the Liberal Party, whose leader is
being challenged vicariously by someone outside this place who is in it for
himself and who is conspiring as we speak.
Point of Order
Dr D.J. HONEY : Madam Speaker, the Premier has deviated
a thousand miles away from the question that was asked by the Leader of the
Opposition.
The SPEAKER : I will take that as an opinion rather
than a point of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : I will finish by saying that we know
that the Liberal leader is being undermined daily by a conspiracy run by people inside her own party. I ask: who do people
trust to look after first home buyers? Who do they trust to make sure that people have a job, an opportunity to train
and an opportunity to benefit from a government that looks after the
state's finances and can therefore provide cost-of-living relief? Only
a WA Labor government can look after first
home buyers and only a WA Labor government can ensure that we lock in the state
for the future.
assume the member is referring to either his plan with regard to stamp duty or
maybe he is referring to the Liberal Party's plan for stamp
duty. Of course, we do not know, because they are a shambles. They cannot talk
to each other. We last week heard them confidently tell the Western Australian
people that the alliance would have a protocol on which they would agree. That
was last weekend. What was happening for the three years before that? What a shambles
and what a joke! It would be funny if not for the fact that we are now just
three or four months away from an election. The Western Australian people have
an opportunity to pass judgement on those who cannot even agree with themselves
when it comes to the Liberal Party.
Point of Order
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Point of order.
The SPEAKER : Order! Points
of order are heard in silence.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : I refer to standing order 78 on
relevance. This question is about first home buyers, not the opposition.
The SPEAKER : I will not uphold the point of order. The
question is about first home buyers and government policy and I think a comparison
with opposition policy falls within the ambit of that answer.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think it
absolutely falls into the ambit of the answer because the member opposite was
asking me about first home buyer policies. He was essentially referring to his
own policy or potentially the Liberal policy. Perhaps he was referring to that
blancmange of misunderstanding, conflict and division that is the alliance
partnership at the moment.
As I was saying, four months from now, we will have an
election. The choice for the Western Australian people will be between a government
that does what is right for WA, a government that has driven jobs, a government that has a laser focus on cost-of-living
measures, a government that has invested in our world-class healthcare system and a government that is getting on top of the housing challenges, and the
other option, which is a hopelessly divided
and shambolic alliance between the Liberals and Nationals. That is before we
get to the complete mess that is the Liberal Party, whose leader is
being challenged vicariously by someone outside this place who is in it for
himself and who is conspiring as we speak.
Point of Order
Dr D.J. HONEY : Madam Speaker, the Premier has deviated
a thousand miles away from the question that was asked by the Leader of the
Opposition.
The SPEAKER : I will take that as an opinion rather
than a point of order.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr R.H. COOK : I will finish by saying that we know
that the Liberal leader is being undermined daily by a conspiracy run by people inside her own party. I ask: who do people
trust to look after first home buyers? Who do they trust to make sure that people have a job, an opportunity to train
and an opportunity to benefit from a government that looks after the
state's finances and can therefore provide cost-of-living relief? Only
a WA Labor government can look after first
home buyers and only a WA Labor government can ensure that we lock in the state
for the future.
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