❓ WA Acting Premier Ripper criticises the federal government's handling of promised fire fighting helicopters, accusing Minister Tuckey of reneging on commitments and offering inadequate funding and resources for WA's needs.
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I refer to the comments of the federal Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government in the commonwealth Parliament that Western Australia signed off on his offer of Elvis helicopters. Will the Acting Premier confirm that this is correct? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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The Commonwealth has mishandled this issue from the beginning. Now it is backing away from its original commitments. The federal minister involved is Hon Wilson Tuckey. It is disappointing that he did not defend Western Australia’s position. In January this year, following the devastating New South Wales bushfires, the Prime Minister announced a commitment to buy up to three Elvis helitankers with one based in the west. When he made that promise, it was worth $45 million. However, it was recognised that Australia needed a national fire strategy, so the States and the Commonwealth worked together to produce a strategy. Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: The Commonwealth has mishandled this issue from the beginning. Now it is backing away from its original commitments. The federal minister involved is Hon Wilson Tuckey. It is disappointing that he did not defend Western Australia’s position. In January this year, following the devastating New South Wales bushfires, the Prime Minister announced a commitment to buy up to three Elvis helitankers with one based in the west. When he made that promise, it was worth $45 million. However, it was recognised that Australia needed a national fire strategy, so the States and the Commonwealth worked together to produce a strategy. Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The Commonwealth has mishandled this issue from the beginning. Now it is backing away from its original commitments. The federal minister involved is Hon Wilson Tuckey. It is disappointing that he did not defend Western Australia’s position. In January this year, following the devastating New South Wales bushfires, the Prime Minister announced a commitment to buy up to three Elvis helitankers with one based in the west. When he made that promise, it was worth $45 million. However, it was recognised that Australia needed a national fire strategy, so the States and the Commonwealth worked together to produce a strategy. Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: The Commonwealth has mishandled this issue from the beginning. Now it is backing away from its original commitments. The federal minister involved is Hon Wilson Tuckey. It is disappointing that he did not defend Western Australia’s position. In January this year, following the devastating New South Wales bushfires, the Prime Minister announced a commitment to buy up to three Elvis helitankers with one based in the west. When he made that promise, it was worth $45 million. However, it was recognised that Australia needed a national fire strategy, so the States and the Commonwealth worked together to produce a strategy. Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The Commonwealth has mishandled this issue from the beginning. Now it is backing away from its original commitments. The federal minister involved is Hon Wilson Tuckey. It is disappointing that he did not defend Western Australia’s position. In January this year, following the devastating New South Wales bushfires, the Prime Minister announced a commitment to buy up to three Elvis helitankers with one based in the west. When he made that promise, it was worth $45 million. However, it was recognised that Australia needed a national fire strategy, so the States and the Commonwealth worked together to produce a strategy. Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Two options were put forward as part of that strategy: an option worth $26.9 million and one worth $16.9 million. Both options were to deliver Western Australia two fixed-wing aircraft and one medium-sized helicopter. If our aerial firefighting capacity is to be improved, that is the equipment we need. What happened then? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: The member for Warren-Blackwood should understand what I am dealing with. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I am dealing with a national promise made by the Prime Minister for three Elvis helitankers worth $45 million. We did the right thing. We worked with the Commonwealth on a national fire strategy. Two options were involved: one at $16.9 million and one at $26.9 million, each of which the States were to contribute to. What has Wilson Tuckey done? He has dumped the strategy and is offering to all the States $5 million, compared with the $16 million minimum option, no fixed-wing aircraft or medium-size helicopter to suit Western Australian conditions, a cost-sharing arrangement that would be very unfair to the States and a strategy based around the needs of New South Wales and Victoria, not Western Australia. He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
He then tried to say in the national Parliament that our fire chief signed off on the recommendation for three Elvis machines as part of a package. We signed off on the national minimum option of $16.9 million. We did not expect Wilson Tuckey to rat on his own State and put forward a measly $5 million offer with all sorts of onerous financial conditions attached.
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