❓ Mr. Grylls asks the Minister for Energy to review a compensation claim. Mr. Ripper responds that he will pass the argument to Western Power and its insurers, while also criticising the Leader of the Opposition's (Mr. Barnett) past legislation regarding corporatised government trading enterprises.
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I have a supplementary question. Given the minister’s sympathy for this issue, will he agree to review the compensation claim? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I have said that I will put the argument that has been raised by the member to Western Power for Western Power to put to its insurers. The matter will be raised with the insurers and with Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I have said that I will put the argument that has been raised by the member to Western Power for Western Power to put to its insurers. The matter will be raised with the insurers and with Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
I have said that I will put the argument that has been raised by the member to Western Power for Western Power to put to its insurers. The matter will be raised with the insurers and with Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I have said that I will put the argument that has been raised by the member to Western Power for Western Power to put to its insurers. The matter will be raised with the insurers and with Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
I have said that I will put the argument that has been raised by the member to Western Power for Western Power to put to its insurers. The matter will be raised with the insurers and with Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I heard the Leader of the Opposition make his standard interjection. In the next minute he will be asking me to roll up my sleeves and break the law, which he introduced and which governs the arrangements under which Western Power is administered. The Leader of the Opposition cannot have it both ways. He cannot come into this place, bring forward a law that establishes a corporatised government trading enterprise and then in opposition deny all responsibility for it, mislead the public about how it all works and pretend that the minister can roll up his sleeves, as the Leader of the Opposition so quaintly put it, and micromanage a corporatised government trading enterprise that has its own board and its own legislation which, because of the Leader of the Opposition’s bungling, severely limits the direction powers of the minister.
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