❓ Mr. Sprigg questions the Premier's lack of response to a letter from the Motor Neurone Disease Association and requests government support for Kerro's Crusade. The Premier deflects, criticizes the questioner, and avoids a direct answer regarding government support.
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MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF WA - KERRO’S CRUSADE WALK
I refer to a letter, a copy of which is just being delivered to the Premier by the Clerk. On Tuesday, the Premier said in this place that the people of Albany were extremely polite and good people. As the Premier is from Albany, I ask - (1) How polite has the Premier been by failing to acknowledge, let alone answer, a letter and invitation from Ken Judge, who is the patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA, and Ross Whiteman, the association’s chairman, which is dated 11 June 2007, which is four and a half months ago? (2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to a letter, a copy of which is just being delivered to the Premier by the Clerk. On Tuesday, the Premier said in this place that the people of Albany were extremely polite and good people. As the Premier is from Albany, I ask - (1) How polite has the Premier been by failing to acknowledge, let alone answer, a letter and invitation from Ken Judge, who is the patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA, and Ross Whiteman, the association’s chairman, which is dated 11 June 2007, which is four and a half months ago? (2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(1) How polite has the Premier been by failing to acknowledge, let alone answer, a letter and invitation from Ken Judge, who is the patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA, and Ross Whiteman, the association’s chairman, which is dated 11 June 2007, which is four and a half months ago? (2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(1) How polite has the Premier been by failing to acknowledge, let alone answer, a letter and invitation from Ken Judge, who is the patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA, and Ross Whiteman, the association’s chairman, which is dated 11 June 2007, which is four and a half months ago? (2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(2) What support will the government give to the Kerro’s Crusade walk, which ends in the Premier’s home town of Albany on 2 November, to assist the research into motor neurone disease? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
(1)-(2) Mr Speaker, with your indulgence, given that I do not believe I have read the letter, perhaps I should read it into Hansard . It will take only 15 or 20 minutes. Is that okay? The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
The SPEAKER : I would prefer it if the Premier did not. Maybe he can table it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Members get the point. If the member for Murdoch wants to ask a question like that, he might want to put it on notice. I have contributed to the fundraising effort to which the member referred. I have contributed something to it out of my own pocket. Has the member? Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Yes. Why haven’t you answered the letter, Premier? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Let me put it this way. What we had at the last election was an opportunity for the opposition parties to revitalise. Instead, they populated the Parliament with people like the member for Murdoch, the member for Bunbury and various others - the member for South Perth - who might I say are in semi-retirement. In particular, the member for Murdoch takes the opportunity to sit in the Parliament and make foolish contributions. The member for Murdoch has raised another issue with me on the run once before, and I think I sorted him out later on. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I think I sorted him out. I advise the member that if he wants to present me with a letter and ask me to respond in detail to that letter, he should give me some notice.
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