❓ Mr Papalia asks the Premier to reinstate a defence industry advisory board to secure shipbuilding contracts for WA. The Premier declines, citing a move away from advisory boards and indicating industry is forming its own representative group.
AnsweredQoN 726Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY — SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS —DEFENCE
INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
726. Mr P. PAPALIA to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Will the Premier reinstate a
defence industry advisory board and seek out senior ex-military officers to
assist in winning part of the defence dollar for Western Australia?
INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
726. Mr P. PAPALIA to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary question. Will the Premier reinstate a
defence industry advisory board and seek out senior ex-military officers to
assist in winning part of the defence dollar for Western Australia?
AnswerView source ↗
I am not about to offer the member a job if he loses his
seat!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P. Papalia interjected.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I
am answering the question; the member has asked his supplementary question.
No, we do not intend to reinstate the committee the member
referred to.
Mr P. Papalia : It
was an advisory board.
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
Yes, and we are getting rid of a lot of advisory boards across government—we
are, because the responsibility —
Several members interjected.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : What is the point of answering the question? What a bad
example this is to the students in the gallery—what a bad example the
Labor Party is.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I am aware that the industry itself is looking at
reconstituting not that committee, but a representative group for the industry.
Mr
P. Papalia : It was an advisory board, not a committee.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I know what it was, and we will deal with this with the
responsible government agencies at a senior level, and the industry itself,
probably in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western
Australia, in constituting a shipbuilding group.
seat!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P. Papalia interjected.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I
am answering the question; the member has asked his supplementary question.
No, we do not intend to reinstate the committee the member
referred to.
Mr P. Papalia : It
was an advisory board.
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
Yes, and we are getting rid of a lot of advisory boards across government—we
are, because the responsibility —
Several members interjected.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : What is the point of answering the question? What a bad
example this is to the students in the gallery—what a bad example the
Labor Party is.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I am aware that the industry itself is looking at
reconstituting not that committee, but a representative group for the industry.
Mr
P. Papalia : It was an advisory board, not a committee.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro!
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : I know what it was, and we will deal with this with the
responsible government agencies at a senior level, and the industry itself,
probably in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western
Australia, in constituting a shipbuilding group.
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