❓ Barnett questions Gallop about contradictory statements from ministers regarding the Geraldton Regional Hospital redevelopment tender process. Gallop deflects, accusing Barnett of desperation and highlighting past Liberal Party controversies.
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I refer the Premier to the comments of the Minister for Housing in the Legislative Council today that he was presented with an option of short-listing five, seven or nine tenderers for the Geraldton Regional Hospital redevelopment contract. (1) Is the Premier aware that this statement directly contradicts the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure’s statement in this House yesterday that Hon Tom Stephens was presented with a recommendation that only five tenderers be short-listed, and that a sixth was then added? (2) Will the Premier inform the House which minister is correct and which minister has misled the Parliament? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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(1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(1) Is the Premier aware that this statement directly contradicts the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure’s statement in this House yesterday that Hon Tom Stephens was presented with a recommendation that only five tenderers be short-listed, and that a sixth was then added? (2) Will the Premier inform the House which minister is correct and which minister has misled the Parliament? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(2) Will the Premier inform the House which minister is correct and which minister has misled the Parliament? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(1) Is the Premier aware that this statement directly contradicts the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure’s statement in this House yesterday that Hon Tom Stephens was presented with a recommendation that only five tenderers be short-listed, and that a sixth was then added? (2) Will the Premier inform the House which minister is correct and which minister has misled the Parliament? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(2) Will the Premier inform the House which minister is correct and which minister has misled the Parliament? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
(1)-(2) The Leader of the Opposition is pretty desperate. There have been a couple of extraordinary beat-ups about tender policy in the past 24 hours, which is interesting. The people of Western Australia remember the stevedoring contract that was given to one of Mr Buckeridge’s companies without properly going through State Supply Commission processes. The Liberal Government organised that tender through a ring-around. What Minister Stephens said in the Legislative Council did not contradict what the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said. Moreover, the statement the Minister for Housing and Works made to the upper House on this matter was without doubt a comprehensive response to the questions on this issue that have been asked of him. His response exposed the desperation of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr C.J. Barnett: Why did you drop the policy? Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: This Leader of the Oppositions draws invalid inferences and implies things that are not correct. There is no substance to his politics, so he makes things up. Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You dropped the policy. No accountability. No ministerial responsibility. No standards by the Premier. Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: We could talk about the finance brokers scandal, the Global Dance Foundation fiasco, the former member for Albany tipping off his law firm about changes to workers compensation before they were announced, the Goundry Wines affair involving the road verge in the electorate of the member for Warren-Blackwood, or the shares Hon Murray Criddle had in a company that was bidding for Western Australian transport contracts. The Liberal Party has no credibility on contracting issues. This State now has a Government that sets and follows standards.
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