❓ Opposition questions Premier about Verve Energy's financial losses and impact on state finances, alleging mismanagement. Premier deflects, attacking the questioner's maturity and highlighting stable consumer electricity prices in WA compared to other jurisdictions.
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STATE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
I refer to the crisis in the state’s electricity sector. (1) Does the Premier recall releasing budget documents in May 2006 that anticipated Verve Energy making a combined profit of $40 million over the following four years? (2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to the crisis in the state’s electricity sector. (1) Does the Premier recall releasing budget documents in May 2006 that anticipated Verve Energy making a combined profit of $40 million over the following four years? (2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(1) Does the Premier recall releasing budget documents in May 2006 that anticipated Verve Energy making a combined profit of $40 million over the following four years? (2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(1) Does the Premier recall releasing budget documents in May 2006 that anticipated Verve Energy making a combined profit of $40 million over the following four years? (2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(2) Can the Premier now explain, despite these predictions in his budget documents, why Verve Energy lost more than $50 million in the past financial year and is well on the way to losing much more in the present financial year? (3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(3) Can the Premier explain what impact the fact that Verve is having to borrow at least $1 million every week just to stay afloat is having on the state’s finances? (4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(4) Will the Premier now admit that his complete lack of any kind of business, financial or management experience is a direct contributing factor to the chaos in the state’s electricity industry? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
(1)-(4) How does one begin to respond to that sort of nonsense? Honestly, it is just nonsensical drivel. Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Verve is losing a million dollars a week at least. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition actually has deep behaviour management issues himself. When he asks a question, he should let me get past about the fourth word before whatever it is inside him tells him he must interject and interrupt. He is so immature. I will give the Leader of the Opposition some advice. He should behave himself like an adult in the Parliament when he is in full view of the young people of this state; he should behave himself. Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Sorry. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : He has just apologised. I will accept that; he has apologised. He has a long way to go. He makes ridiculous assertions—utterly — Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Like what? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think that was about the third word that time. He makes utterly ridiculous assertions. Did he use the word “chaos”? Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The chaos in the Western Australian electricity industry. What chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the chaos? Can someone tell me: where is the crisis? Can someone tell me? It is just palpable nonsense. Until the Leader of the Opposition takes his role seriously, behaves himself more maturely and actually does a bit of research work on the issues that he is trying to pursue, no-one will take him seriously. None of the people sitting around him takes him seriously. Nobody takes him seriously. Therefore, I give him some advice: wise up and act a little more maturely. In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
In relation to the situation in the electricity sector in Western Australia, yes, there have been some changes in the input costs and the dynamics of the electricity industry in the past three years. Is there anywhere else in Australia where that has not happened? Is there any other place in Australia where the costs of energy production have not gone up in the past three years? Can the Leader of the Opposition answer that question? Is there one other jurisdiction where that has not happened? Is there one other jurisdiction in Australia where energy prices are not anticipated to rise in the next four to five years? The Leader of the Opposition failed to answer that question because he knows what the answer is. Is there a single jurisdiction in Australia, other than Western Australia, where the cost to the consumer has not risen one cent, or is it the case that the consumers in Western Australia stand alone as the only consumers in Australia for whom the domestic tariff for electricity has not risen one cent—not in the past five years, not in the past 10 years, apart from the adjustment for the goods and services tax, and not in the past 12 or 13 years? I will cast the net a little more widely. Is there anywhere else in the world that that has happened? Is there another place in the entire world where the cost of — Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think members opposite are scratching around inside their own hollow heads looking for some responses to this that are meaningful. Is there any other jurisdiction in the entire world, on the face of the planet, where the cost of energy has not risen substantially in the past three to five years? What happened in South Australia last year? What happened in New South Wales and Victoria? Is there any other place in the entire world — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition, the member for Darling Range, the member for Capel and the member for Kalgoorlie to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Is there any other place in the entire world where the cost of energy to the consumer has not risen one cent in a decade? Is there? Where is this crisis that we are talking about? Where is the chaos? Is there anywhere else in the world that a jurisdictional government supports the consumers like we do? Is there? Therefore, where is the crisis? Is it a fact that the electricity bill for the household consumer in Western Australia per unit of electricity has not shifted for about 12 years? Is that what constitutes a crisis or chaos? Answer me now. I will put a question directly to the Leader of the Opposition, who is so unsuited to the role that he got himself into through his treachery. Will the Leader of the Opposition answer this question: is there another jurisdiction in the entire world where the consumers have not had an increase in their electricity bills for 10 years? Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : You’ve taken a $2 billion public asset and are running it into the ground at a rate of at least a million dollars a week, so ultimately the taxpayers of this state will foot the bill through either increasing prices or the degradation of the capital base. That is exactly what is happening. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options — Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : These are the options according to the Leader of the Opposition’s world view. Within the blink of an eye we would get cost-reflective pricing for household electricity production in Western Australia. That would mean a substantial increase in one hit. Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : Who’s saying that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition is, with his business acumen, including all those people — Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : You’re ignorant. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am not sure what it is but I think there is a label for this behavioural issue. That is the answer to the series of absurdist propositions and assertions that were put. Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr T. Buswell : I will teach you how to read a balance sheet one day so that you can understand what you’re doing. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is remarkable. Someone should do a study on the little trigger inside the Leader of the Opposition’s head which means that every couple of seconds he must hear his own voice.
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