❓ Opposition Leader Harvey questions the Premier about the environmental impact of the Westport automated outer harbour project. The Premier deflects, accusing Harvey of hypocrisy for presenting a petition supporting the same project while criticizing its environmental effects.
AnsweredQoN 953Legislative Assembly
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WESTPORT —
AUTOMATED OUTER HARBOUR
953. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
Given
that this is the last scheduled question time, will the Premier finally come
clean and outline to the house what is the true impact of the automated
outer harbour on the important marine habitat of Cockburn Sound?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
AUTOMATED OUTER HARBOUR
953. Mrs L.M. HARVEY to the Premier:
Given
that this is the last scheduled question time, will the Premier finally come
clean and outline to the house what is the true impact of the automated
outer harbour on the important marine habitat of Cockburn Sound?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
AnswerView source ↗
We will have Christmas speeches later
on, and can I wish all members all the best. No doubt, we will say that at that
point in time.
It
is interesting and, I suppose, sad in a way that this is the last scheduled
sitting day of Parliament, so I do appreciate all members'
questions. I especially appreciate that question, Leader of the Opposition. It
has come to my attention that today she tabled a petition with more than 10 000
signatures on it and then she pushed that petition to elements of the media,
advocating on behalf of what was in the petition. The petition has 10 000
signatures. It is signed at the bottom by the Leader of the Opposition. It
calls for the construction —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : No, it's
not! It's not signed by me!
Mr M. McGOWAN : It has your
name on the bottom. The Leader of the Opposition presented it.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : As the
presenter.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Okay; it has her name as the presenter.
As she admits, it has her name on it as the presenter. I can see her name on
it!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Thank you, Mr
Speaker. It has the Leader of the Opposition's name on it and it calls
for a commitment to Westport and the construction of a new harbour in Kwinana.
The petition has 10 000 signatures. The Leader of the Opposition tables it and
then circulates it to the media saying, ''Why is the government not delivering on all these things, including this?''
I suggest to the Leader of the Opposition that maybe before she tables these documents, she might want to read them
first. Before she tables it and then circulates it to press outlets and says , ''Put pressure on the government; they
need to deliver all these things that are contained within this petition''—I notice that it is on an online news service—maybe she should
think about it.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The facts are
there for all to see.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The facts are
there for all to see.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : What a stupid
thing to say?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Did the
Leader of the Opposition push it to the media?
Mrs L.M. Harvey : I accepted
the petition on behalf of a constituent, as I am supposed to do.
Mr M. McGOWAN : So the Leader
of the Opposition comes in here —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : She comes in
here and attacks me over a project that we took to the last state election and
we are progressing with full Environmental Protection Authority assessment
processes, which we are funding, on the day that she tables, circulates and
pushes a petition calling for the same project! Does she wonder why the people
of Western Australia have absolutely no faith in the Liberal Party in this
state?
Point of Order
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Mr Speaker,
I would just like, before I ask my supplementary —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Mr Speaker,
I will proudly stand in this Parliament any day of the week and table a petition
on behalf of any constituent.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition,
you may have just a supplementary question and that is all you are allowed;
otherwise, I will sit you down.
Questions without Notice Resumed
A government member: Throw her out!
The SPEAKER : I will throw
you out!
on, and can I wish all members all the best. No doubt, we will say that at that
point in time.
It
is interesting and, I suppose, sad in a way that this is the last scheduled
sitting day of Parliament, so I do appreciate all members'
questions. I especially appreciate that question, Leader of the Opposition. It
has come to my attention that today she tabled a petition with more than 10 000
signatures on it and then she pushed that petition to elements of the media,
advocating on behalf of what was in the petition. The petition has 10 000
signatures. It is signed at the bottom by the Leader of the Opposition. It
calls for the construction —
Mrs L.M. Harvey : No, it's
not! It's not signed by me!
Mr M. McGOWAN : It has your
name on the bottom. The Leader of the Opposition presented it.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : As the
presenter.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Okay; it has her name as the presenter.
As she admits, it has her name on it as the presenter. I can see her name on
it!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Thank you, Mr
Speaker. It has the Leader of the Opposition's name on it and it calls
for a commitment to Westport and the construction of a new harbour in Kwinana.
The petition has 10 000 signatures. The Leader of the Opposition tables it and
then circulates it to the media saying, ''Why is the government not delivering on all these things, including this?''
I suggest to the Leader of the Opposition that maybe before she tables these documents, she might want to read them
first. Before she tables it and then circulates it to press outlets and says , ''Put pressure on the government; they
need to deliver all these things that are contained within this petition''—I notice that it is on an online news service—maybe she should
think about it.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The facts are
there for all to see.
Mrs L.M. Harvey interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The facts are
there for all to see.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : What a stupid
thing to say?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Did the
Leader of the Opposition push it to the media?
Mrs L.M. Harvey : I accepted
the petition on behalf of a constituent, as I am supposed to do.
Mr M. McGOWAN : So the Leader
of the Opposition comes in here —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : She comes in
here and attacks me over a project that we took to the last state election and
we are progressing with full Environmental Protection Authority assessment
processes, which we are funding, on the day that she tables, circulates and
pushes a petition calling for the same project! Does she wonder why the people
of Western Australia have absolutely no faith in the Liberal Party in this
state?
Point of Order
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Mr Speaker,
I would just like, before I ask my supplementary —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : Mr Speaker,
I will proudly stand in this Parliament any day of the week and table a petition
on behalf of any constituent.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition,
you may have just a supplementary question and that is all you are allowed;
otherwise, I will sit you down.
Questions without Notice Resumed
A government member: Throw her out!
The SPEAKER : I will throw
you out!
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