❓ A parliamentary question regarding asbestos contamination at a former Water Corporation worker's property and the subsequent legal action against the victim. The Minister denies passing on the letter but avoids directly answering how it reached the solicitors.
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millstream property — asbestos contamination
I wrote to the minister on 25 October asking him 11 detailed questions about the asbestos contamination of the property of a former Water Corporation worker at Millstream. Given that it is Asbestos Awareness Week, I ask — (1) Can the minister explain why this asbestos victim has been threatened with legal action by Jarman McKenna solicitors seeking recovery of settlement moneys as a result of the letters I sent him? (2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS
I wrote to the minister on 25 October asking him 11 detailed questions about the asbestos contamination of the property of a former Water Corporation worker at Millstream. Given that it is Asbestos Awareness Week, I ask — (1) Can the minister explain why this asbestos victim has been threatened with legal action by Jarman McKenna solicitors seeking recovery of settlement moneys as a result of the letters I sent him? (2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(1) Can the minister explain why this asbestos victim has been threatened with legal action by Jarman McKenna solicitors seeking recovery of settlement moneys as a result of the letters I sent him? (2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(1) Can the minister explain why this asbestos victim has been threatened with legal action by Jarman McKenna solicitors seeking recovery of settlement moneys as a result of the letters I sent him? (2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(2) Did he pass my letter on to Jarman McKenna solicitors; and, if so, why? (3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(3) What action has he taken to address the original issue that was raised with him by the former Water Corporation worker’s wife—that is, the possibility that others, including children, have been exposed to asbestos fibres; and, if none, why not? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
I thank the member for Cockburn for his interest in this detailed case. (1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
(1)–(3) This case harks back to the fact that the person in question, essentially, was living in a house that was attended to by a plumber and the plumber made some alterations to asbestos sheeting. That caused some potential aerosolisation of the asbestos. That is the case that the member for Cockburn is talking about. That just puts the case in a bit of context. It has been a long process. In answer to the member’s question about whether I passed on the letter, that did not occur. Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : How come it ended up attached to a letter from Jarman McKenna solicitors threatening this person? How come my letter to you ended up attached to the solicitor’s letter? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn came along on this issue very, very late. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference. Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : This gentleman came along on this issue, trying to stir up trouble — Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Did you pass on that letter? The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn! Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : — and making an issue of this when essentially my understanding is that the Water Corporation worked very assiduously and understandingly to resolve this problem. Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Either you or one of your ministerial staff has passed this letter on to the Water Corporation solicitors. The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, I will give you an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. I would like to hear the answer from the minister, and I am sure a lot of other people are interested in this as well and would like an answer. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I would like to get an answer for the person in question. I worked very assiduously—a long time before the member came along with his letter—trying to get some resolution to this matter. It is my understanding that there was agreement on and a resolution of this matter. If the member for Cockburn has details—this is a very detailed case, and the first time I dealt with this was probably 12 months ago, while the member’s letter was in the past couple of weeks — Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : So what? Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : It was my understanding—I made that very clear to Water Corp—that we would make all attempts to resolve this difficult problem about the allegations — Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : Can the minister explain how my letter to the minister ended up in the hands of Water Corp’s solicitors? Answer the question! The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no wilful cause on my part to pass on the member’s letter. Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : How did it happen? Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The issues of this case were dealt with a long time before the member for Cockburn came into this issue. The member knows that. Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : It makes no difference when I came in. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member came along and — Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Mr F.M. Logan : I am asking you a straight question about your ministerial propriety and behaviour. Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : The member for Cockburn knows my ministerial propriety — The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cockburn, if you want a supplementary question, I am going to give it to you. Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : There was no known impropriety on my part to do anything else but to try to resolve this unfortunate incident for this person.
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