❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Premier's knowledge of the Minister for Education and Training's past correspondence with Brian Burke, and whether this was disclosed when initially asked. The Premier deflects, questioning the definition of 'relationship' and highlighting the unsolicited nature of the email.
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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING — EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH BRIAN BURKE
In 2007 the Premier stated that he had asked his ministers, including the Minister for Education and Training, whether they had had any dealings with Brian Burke. (1) Did the Minister for Education and Training deny any relationship with Brian Burke; and, if not, what did he say? (2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
In 2007 the Premier stated that he had asked his ministers, including the Minister for Education and Training, whether they had had any dealings with Brian Burke. (1) Did the Minister for Education and Training deny any relationship with Brian Burke; and, if not, what did he say? (2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(1) Did the Minister for Education and Training deny any relationship with Brian Burke; and, if not, what did he say? (2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(1) Did the Minister for Education and Training deny any relationship with Brian Burke; and, if not, what did he say? (2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(2) Did the Premier ask the minister why he used his wife’s email account to conceal those emails? (3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(3) Why did the Premier not tell the people of Western Australia that the minister had a relationship with Brian Burke? (4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(4) What other ministers have had similar relationships with Brian Burke to that of the Minister for Education and Training? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
(1)-(4) We are taking a bit of poetic licence with the word “relationship”. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : Read about it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I did. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : You tell us what you know and what you asked him and what he told you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member said that the Minister for Education and Training had a relationship with Brian Burke. What is this relationship that the member is talking about? Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : He clearly had an exchange of correspondence — Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So that is a relationship, is it? Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : — which quite possibly was solicited. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : In that case I have had some relationships in my time, and so has the member for Darling Range. He has had a lot of relationships if that is what constitutes a relationship. I understand that Brian Burke sent an unsolicited email to the email address of the minister’s wife. Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.C. Porter : Why does it commence “as previously explained”? Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr T.G. Stephens : It’s not your question. Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.C. Porter : It’s a good question though. The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
The SPEAKER : Member for Murdoch, you have been here for only a short period so maybe you do not know that it is disorderly in the extreme to interject. Some interjections are allowed if it is a question that you asked. It appears that you have nothing to do with this question, so it is completely disorderly to interject. I call you to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : An unsolicited email from Brian Burke was sent to the minister’s wife. The minister provided a courteous response. Nothing happened as a consequence and nothing turned upon it. The member may recall what happened when I became Premier. What was the date of this email? Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : It was 1 February 2005 and it starts off “as previously explained”. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was the date again? Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : It says “as previously explained”. You said that it was an unsolicited email. Explain that aspect. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This whole incident is of zero interest. I can understand why the member finds it of interest but he is grasping at straws. Did I hear him say something about February 2005? I remember Dr Gallop had the view that ministers should not make contact with Brian Burke. In this case, the person in question was not a minister. Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.J. Barnett : Terrific. What a standard! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What is the standard that applies on the other side of the house to contact with Brian Burke? Does the Leader of the Opposition have a ban in place? Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr C.J. Barnett : Brian Burke has a big influence in Cottesloe, I can tell you that! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Quite possibly through one of his constituents, Mr Noel Crichton-Browne. Personally, I could not care less. That email was written in 2005, the year of the election campaign. Nothing came of it. On 25 January 2006, when I became Premier, I said that we did not need bans on people and we had moved beyond that. As it turned out, a sequence of events made me reconsider that, unlike members of the Liberal Party, who are still free to communicate. As I recall, either this leader or the previous leader said that they would. There was no ban in place on the minister. Whatever ban there was on ministers I lifted for most of 2006; regrettably, I had to reintroduce it. There was no issue about the member for Rockingham being in breach of any — Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : When you asked him, did he tell you about this exchange of correspondence back in 2005? Was he completely open and frank? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have had a lot of discussion with the member for Rockingham about Brian Burke. Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr J.H.D. Day : Did he tell you about anything before that—like what he was doing when he was the right hand of Geoff Gallop? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Please! Honestly! What is this? Half, or more, of the people in political life in Western Australia have had emails of some kind or other from Brian Burke, Noel Crichton-Browne and Julian Grill. This is a standing joke now external to Western Australia that we still are obsessed with this Sydney Greenstreet character, who is this pumped up, over-inflated bogeyman of Western Australian politics. There is nothing whatsoever in this story. What we now know, subsequent to this story, is that this very same Brian Burke actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Cottesloe — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will correct the record, lest I slur the member! What we now know—and have known for some time—is that this very same Graham Greene-ish character actually worked actively against the re-election of the member for Rockingham with the Liberal Party. That is what happened. He worked actively with the Liberal Party and its candidate to try to ensure that the member for Rockingham was not re-elected. There we go!
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