❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Carpenter government's stance on toll roads, selling government utilities, and nuclear waste dumping in WA. The Treasurer confirms the government's opposition and questions the Liberal Party's alignment with their policy advisor's views on these issues.
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CARPENTER GOVERNMENT - POLICIES ON TOLL ROADS, GOVERNMENT UTILITIES AND NUCLEAR WASTE
Can the Treasurer confirm that the Carpenter government is opposed to toll roads, selling government utilities and dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER
Can the Treasurer confirm that the Carpenter government is opposed to toll roads, selling government utilities and dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the member for Cottesloe and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
I thank the member very much for the question. This government is certainly opposed to toll roads; it is certainly opposed to selling government utilities; and it is certainly opposed to dumping nuclear waste in Western Australia. Those are very definitely our policies. We were elected on those policies and they remain our policies. I want to ask: are they the policies of the Liberal Party? Does the Liberal Party oppose Western Australians paying to drive on our roads? Does the Liberal Party oppose selling the electricity utilities and the Public Transport Authority? I ask those questions because the Leader of the Opposition has named former Institute of Public Affairs executive director and Liberal Party member, Mike Nahan, as his new policy guru. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I note that the Leader of the Opposition has interjected. Is he aware that his party colleague Mike Nahan is a big supporter of toll roads? In 2000 Mr Nahan wrote a column for the Herald Sun newspaper titled “Toll roads are good policy”. That was his article. He praised the so-called wisdom behind Jeff Kennett’s decision to slug Victorian motorists up to $5.56 for a one-way trip on CityLink. Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr T. Buswell : Housing crisis! Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I hear an interjection from the member for Vasse. The member for Vasse has interjected right on cue. Is he aware that Mr Nahan supports selling off public utilities? In 2000 Mr Nahan described Jeff Kennett’s decision to flog off the Victorian electricity industry as “the deal of the century”. That was his view. The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure might be interested in this next issue. Does the Liberal Party actually support selling off the public transport system? Mr Nahan supports selling off the public transport system. Here is what he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Perhaps members opposite can ask their policy guru whether he has changed his mind, because he said in 1998 - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Treasurer to take his seat. I call to order the members for Cottesloe, Capel and Roe. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite should go back and ask their guru whether he has changed his mind, because this is what he said - Next year - Mr P.D. Omodei : Is that the best you can do? Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Does the Leader of the Opposition want to hear the quote? This is what Mike Nahan said - Next year the Kennett Government will begin its most innovative reform - the privatisation of the public transport system. Mike Nahan thought that was the most innovative reform of the Kennett government. He also advocates dumping nuclear waste in Australia. In June 2005 he wrote - Australia . . . has the best sites for long-term storage of nuclear waste . . . I have accused opposition members of having no policies, no plan, no discipline and no unity. It is time for them to come clean on their agenda. Do they support the views of their new policy guru, Mike Nahan, or do they not? If they pretend - indeed, all they could do is pretend - to be the alternative government, Western Australians have a right to know the answer to that question.
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