❓ A parliamentary question regarding water infrastructure funding for the Pilbara region is met with a deflective answer, referencing the opposition's water policy and the member's past statements on desalination.
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WATER SUPPLY — NORTH WEST
I ask a supplementary question. The minister has been aware of these issues for the past two years. He is trying to expand those cities to 50 000 people. When will he put some money — Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : Mr Speaker, as you know, supplementary questions are always supposed to relate to the original question and be short, sharp and simple. The SPEAKER : I take the Minister for Health’s point of order. I ask the member for Cockburn, whom I have given a supplementary question to, to ask a question. Questions Without Notice Resumed Mr F.M. LOGAN : It is very simple. When is the minister going to get some backbone and put some money into the Pilbara for water infrastructure? Dr G.G. JACOBS
I ask a supplementary question. The minister has been aware of these issues for the past two years. He is trying to expand those cities to 50 000 people. When will he put some money — Point of Order Dr K.D. HAMES : Mr Speaker, as you know, supplementary questions are always supposed to relate to the original question and be short, sharp and simple. The SPEAKER : I take the Minister for Health’s point of order. I ask the member for Cockburn, whom I have given a supplementary question to, to ask a question. Questions Without Notice Resumed Mr F.M. LOGAN : It is very simple. When is the minister going to get some backbone and put some money into the Pilbara for water infrastructure? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
The SPEAKER : I take the Minister for Health’s point of order. I ask the member for Cockburn, whom I have given a supplementary question to, to ask a question. Questions Without Notice Resumed Mr F.M. LOGAN : It is very simple. When is the minister going to get some backbone and put some money into the Pilbara for water infrastructure? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
The SPEAKER : I take the Minister for Health’s point of order. I ask the member for Cockburn, whom I have given a supplementary question to, to ask a question. Questions Without Notice Resumed Mr F.M. LOGAN : It is very simple. When is the minister going to get some backbone and put some money into the Pilbara for water infrastructure? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
As soon as the opposition has a credible and responsible water policy. A photo in the Fremantle Herald showed the member for Cockburn drinking recycled water and telling us, having been in the cabinet in government, to endorse desal 2. He was quoted in the Fremantle Herald about April this year saying that desalination plants are environmental vandalism.
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