❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Fair Trading regarding calls for his resignation over the handling of a finance brokers' scandal. The Minister gives a non-committal answer.
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(1) Is the member for Geraldton justified in calling for the minister to resign or to be sacked over his handling of the finance brokers’ scandal? (2) Does the minister accept that his Liberal Party colleagues have lost confidence in his ability to administer his portfolio? (3) When will the minister do the honourable thing and resign, as the member for Geraldton said he should have done two months ago? Mr SHAVE
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(1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(2) Does the minister accept that his Liberal Party colleagues have lost confidence in his ability to administer his portfolio? (3) When will the minister do the honourable thing and resign, as the member for Geraldton said he should have done two months ago? Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(3) When will the minister do the honourable thing and resign, as the member for Geraldton said he should have done two months ago? Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(2) Does the minister accept that his Liberal Party colleagues have lost confidence in his ability to administer his portfolio? (3) When will the minister do the honourable thing and resign, as the member for Geraldton said he should have done two months ago? Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(3) When will the minister do the honourable thing and resign, as the member for Geraldton said he should have done two months ago? Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
Mr SHAVE replied: (1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
(1)-(3) As you know, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is a very difficult issue. I have not heard the comments made by the member for Geraldton. However, if the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is correct in what the member for Geraldton said, I do not support the member for Geraldton’s views.
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