❓ Opposition questions Premier about Oakajee Port and Rail project, specifically regarding Chinese equity and project deadlines. Premier deflects, criticizes previous government's handling of the project, and avoids direct answers, leading to parliamentary disorder.
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OAKAJEE PORT AND RAIL PROJECT — KEY PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENTS
I refer to Oakajee Port and Rail project. (1) In setting a new deadline of December 2011 for all key project implementation agreements, did the Premier mandate the introduction of a Chinese equity partner as an outcome to be delivered by that date; and if so, will he report on the progress of that matter? (2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to Oakajee Port and Rail project. (1) In setting a new deadline of December 2011 for all key project implementation agreements, did the Premier mandate the introduction of a Chinese equity partner as an outcome to be delivered by that date; and if so, will he report on the progress of that matter? (2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(1) In setting a new deadline of December 2011 for all key project implementation agreements, did the Premier mandate the introduction of a Chinese equity partner as an outcome to be delivered by that date; and if so, will he report on the progress of that matter? (2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
[The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(1) In setting a new deadline of December 2011 for all key project implementation agreements, did the Premier mandate the introduction of a Chinese equity partner as an outcome to be delivered by that date; and if so, will he report on the progress of that matter? (2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(2) What is the current agreed cost of those components of the infrastructure that are to be jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments? (3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(3) Has the Premier or his office received briefings from proponents or his agencies that any of the deliverables the Premier specified in March had to be completed by December are in fact at risk of not meeting that deadline? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
(1)–(3) I know that he is vehemently opposed to this project; nevertheless, we will continue on. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I also know that he was part of a government that set up a most bizarre process for project development — Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Our two most important trading partners are, firstly, China and, secondly, Japan. Why would we set up a competition between Japan and China to develop a natural resource in a new regional area? That is what the Labor Party did; it put our two major trading partners at loggerheads with each other. An absolutely absurd proposal! Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That reflects Labor’s naivety in government. It set up Japan and China in competition and it gave Aboriginal people an absolute right of veto in the Kimberley. That is why it could not get projects underway. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question. You have been in for nearly three years; it is now about what you are doing. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No; you have no sense of public policy or commercial propriety. That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
That is what we inherited, and we respected that and we have moved on. Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You didn’t respect it; you awarded the rail without further process. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh, Mr Speaker! Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Well, don’t mislead us! The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will; when you shut up. Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti : That’s pleasant! The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Ms R. Saffioti : It’s quite disrespectful. The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you to order for the first time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : What about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the second time today. Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : What about the Premier? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally call you for the third time today. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, if you want me to name you, I will name you. I do not think that you want me to name you. Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr W.J. Johnston : But what about him? The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I formally name you. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, I ask that you leave this chamber for the remainder of this day’s sitting. [The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
[The member for Cannington left the chamber.] Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : I seek a ruling on whether it is appropriate and parliamentary for the Premier to ask members, or to tell members, to shut up in this chamber. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Further to the member for Rockingham’s spurious point of order, members on his side of the house have used far worse language in the past. Members have often been told to shut up by members opposite and it has been ruled as not necessarily unparliamentary in the past. The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : To your point of order, member for Rockingham, I am not going to take it as a point of order. I would like members in this place, and I have said this before, to respect each other. What I have seen today is examples of members in this place not respecting each other or the ability of this house to work. That is what has happened, member for Rockingham. That is simply what has happened. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr C.J. BARNETT : The critical date for the Oakajee Port and Rail project is 30 June, at which time the consortium, Oakajee Port and Rail, is required to present to the government bankable financial statements and plans. I hope that it can do that. I hope that it can satisfy the government on all fronts. But that is the critical date and I will not be running a commentary between now and then. Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Did you mandate Chinese equity? Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I understand the question. Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Good; it would be good to have an answer. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to do that, but you just do not listen! There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
There is no mandating of a Chinese equity partner at all. What an absurd proposition it would be for the government to mandate who will be a partner in the project. However, I have publicly said that it would be a good thing for the robustness of the project if China was more formally involved. I have said that a multiplicity of times. But would we mandate who owns and who takes part? Of course we would not.
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