❓ A parliamentary question regarding contact between the Minister for the Environment and Julian Grill during his time as parliamentary secretary and minister. The Minister acknowledges past encounters but downplays any significant contact, diverting to criticism of the Liberal Party's stance on waste precincts.
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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - JULIAN GRILL
I ask a supplementary question. At any stage as the parliamentary secretary to the former Premier or the Minister for Public Sector Management did the minister receive representation or communication from Julian Grill? Mr M. McGOWAN
I ask a supplementary question. At any stage as the parliamentary secretary to the former Premier or the Minister for Public Sector Management did the minister receive representation or communication from Julian Grill? Mr M. McGOWAN
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At various points in my life, like virtually all members, particularly the member for Cottesloe, I have met with or seen Mr Grill. In fact, I served with him in the Parliament for four years. It was kind of difficult not to run into him. Does the member for Capel disagree with what I have done on the 3C? Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: At various points in my life, like virtually all members, particularly the member for Cottesloe, I have met with or seen Mr Grill. In fact, I served with him in the Parliament for four years. It was kind of difficult not to run into him. Does the member for Capel disagree with what I have done on the 3C? Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
At various points in my life, like virtually all members, particularly the member for Cottesloe, I have met with or seen Mr Grill. In fact, I served with him in the Parliament for four years. It was kind of difficult not to run into him. Does the member for Capel disagree with what I have done on the 3C? Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: At various points in my life, like virtually all members, particularly the member for Cottesloe, I have met with or seen Mr Grill. In fact, I served with him in the Parliament for four years. It was kind of difficult not to run into him. Does the member for Capel disagree with what I have done on the 3C? Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
At various points in my life, like virtually all members, particularly the member for Cottesloe, I have met with or seen Mr Grill. In fact, I served with him in the Parliament for four years. It was kind of difficult not to run into him. Does the member for Capel disagree with what I have done on the 3C? Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Dr S.C. Thomas : I think you’ve been hopeless on the 3C. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the people of Kemerton and Northam that the Liberal Party supports the establishment of a waste precinct in those two locations, because they obviously do. I have seen Mr Grill around the place during my career. I have made it plain to everyone that he was at a business breakfast I attended. I did not have any idea that he would be there. To the best of my recollection, that is the only time that I have had any contact with Mr Grill in the entire time I have been a minister.
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