❓ A parliamentary question regarding the appearance of a federal Labor candidate in a Swan TAFE publication and the justification for her inclusion, as well as the involvement of ministerial offices in the publication's development and her role in securing funding for the TAFE.
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SWAN TAFE - SWAN FLYER
I also join the outpouring of grief directed towards the Speaker, and I want to let him know that I miss him dearly, but would encourage him not to rush back. I refer the minister to the August 2007 edition of the Swan Flyer produced by Swan TAFE. (1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN
I also join the outpouring of grief directed towards the Speaker, and I want to let him know that I miss him dearly, but would encourage him not to rush back. I refer the minister to the August 2007 edition of the Swan Flyer produced by Swan TAFE. (1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
I refer the minister to the August 2007 edition of the Swan Flyer produced by Swan TAFE. (1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
I refer the minister to the August 2007 edition of the Swan Flyer produced by Swan TAFE. (1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(1) What is the justification for the federal Labor candidate for Hasluck, Sharryn Jackson, appearing in three photographs on the first two pages of this publication? (2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(2) Was his ministerial office or the Premier’s office involved in any way with the development of this publication and inclusion of Ms Jackson? (3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(3) What role did Ms Jackson play in facilitating the $5.4 million state-funded expansion of Swan TAFE? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Vasse for the first question he has asked me in this place. Seriously, it is the first question he has asked me. I get asked a lot of questions about him, but he has never asked one of me. I congratulate the member for Vasse for his first question and for having the courage to get up and ask me a question. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We all saw the member for Vasse’s performance last Thursday and his glass jaw, and his colleagues also saw it. We saw what the member for Vasse is really made of. I have seen the particular flyer. My office and I were not involved in the preparation or publication of it. I had no knowledge of it before it - Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr T. Buswell : What is the justification for those photographs? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am answering the member’s question. I had no knowledge of it, nor was I involved in its preparation before it was published. I attended a range of TAFE campuses, where the government is spending substantial amounts of money on improving the facilities in the biggest set of capital upgrades of TAFE colleges in the state’s history. Instead of concentrating on the real issue, which is the revolution in TAFE and the improvement of TAFE colleges around Western Australia, the opposition finds a flyer that I had no involvement in preparing, that my office had no involvement in preparing, and decides that that is the issue to target. I cannot help it if Sharryn Jackson is a proactive member of her community and gets out there and supports TAFE colleges. If she wants to do that, I commend her for being so proactive around the place. I can only commend political candidates for getting out into their community and I would encourage all political candidates to get out there and learn about their community. I will make two final points: first of all, we allow our TAFE colleges a degree of autonomy. We allow our TAFE college managers to manage their colleges; in fact, we are encouraged to give them autonomy by the federal government. If college managers exercise that autonomy in accordance with the advice of the commonwealth government, am I to chastise them for that? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have answered the question: there was no government involvement in that flyer. Does the member think the Premier sits around working out what photo is going to go where in what publication? I mean, honestly! Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The other point I make is this: that flyer is a publication produced by that TAFE college. The government had no knowledge of or involvement in its production, but if the member for Vasse is criticising people for political advertising, he should have a look at the federal government. The federal government has spent $2 billion around the country on political advertising during its time in office. Does the opposition know what that money would have paid for in improvements in infrastructure - $2 billion of taxpayers’ money? I know where the real blame lies in political advertising. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Members, the contributions of the members for Moore and Albany are singularly unhelpful, and under standing order 95 - a nifty little standing order; the members might like to look it up - I call them both to order. That completes question time.
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