❓ Question regarding the operational costs of diesel power units and their cost-effectiveness compared to existing power generation. The Minister's response avoids a direct answer, instead attacking the opposition's energy policy.
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Given that the minister was unable to answer my last four questions, I will try asking him another two. (1) Will the four diesel units cost approximately $20 000 a day to operate at peak capacity? (2) Is it true that the cost of this generation will be at least four times the cost of current power generation? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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(1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(1) Will the four diesel units cost approximately $20 000 a day to operate at peak capacity? (2) Is it true that the cost of this generation will be at least four times the cost of current power generation? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(2) Is it true that the cost of this generation will be at least four times the cost of current power generation? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(1) Will the four diesel units cost approximately $20 000 a day to operate at peak capacity? (2) Is it true that the cost of this generation will be at least four times the cost of current power generation? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(2) Is it true that the cost of this generation will be at least four times the cost of current power generation? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: (1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
(1)-(2) I asked the Leader of the National Party whether he would have me direct Western Power to not undertake this activity. Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Several opposition members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We are running up to an election. People will compare the policies of the Government with the policies of the alternative Government. Would the Leader of the National Party have me direct Western Power to not do this? Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer the question. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Downtown Khartoum! Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You haven’t been able to answer one question. You have been asked three questions and you have not been able to answer one part of any of them. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The Leader of the Opposition does not need to protect his deputy. The deputy leader of the opposition is quite capable of standing on his own two feet, so the Leader of the Opposition should keep quiet and let him answer the question. Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You answer it. You are the minister. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We will deal with the Leader of the Opposition later. I am dealing with the deputy leader of the opposition. Would he do that? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: What happens is this: the Opposition - Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr P.D. Omodei: If you don’t want to answer the question, get out - resign. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr P.D. Omodei: Incompetent. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have an amazing situation in which the Opposition has come into the Parliament all hot and bothered about Western Power taking a measure to protect the security of the electricity supply. Opposition members are agitated about that and are being self-righteous. When we ask for their policy, we get no answer. When we ask whether they would have the Government change its policy, we get no answer. The Opposition is all froth and bubble. If I were not in the Parliament, I would use another phrase to describe the way in which members opposite have conducted their approach this afternoon. To say that they are all froth and bubble is a bit more parliamentary than what I had in mind to say. I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
I turn to the information I have from Western Power. The units are expected to run for only four hours a day on 10 days over summer; that is, 40 hours. Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Ten million bucks! Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The maximum time that they are expected to run is about 120 hours. The Leader of the Opposition has drawn attention to the cost. As the Leader of the Opposition well knows, that is a feature of electricity systems. The New South Wales energy minister estimates that more than 11 per cent of the electricity infrastructure in New South Wales is there just for the few hours of peak demand each year. That is the nature of the system. Governments must make expensive investments to provide the capacity that is needed for those few hours a year when power demand spikes. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: We have again heard self-righteous anger from the Leader of the Opposition. What is his policy? What is his plan? Hello, Leader of the Opposition. We have a shortage of gas, Leader of the Opposition. Hello; the former Government privatised the pipeline and we cannot get enough gas to Perth. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use some other fuel. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we cannot use coal. Hello, Leader of the Opposition; we need to use liquid fuel - we need to use distillate. The Leader of the Opposition should get real and approach the needs of our community in a responsible fashion. He should not come in here with this froth and bubble, and worse, and seek to exploit what is required to meet the essential needs of our community for reliable electricity.
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