❓ Question regarding the compatibility of a proposed bill with the government's announced container deposit scheme. The Minister's response is largely political, highlighting the government's initiative and questioning the opposition's approach and past record.
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CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME LEGISLATION 558. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for Environment: I note the members for Gosnells has given notice that he intends to introduce into this place a bill to establish a beverage container deposit and recovery scheme. Can the minister please advise the house — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB
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I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
558. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for Environment: I note the members for Gosnells has given notice that he intends to introduce into this place a bill to establish a beverage container deposit and recovery scheme. Can the minister please advise the house — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I note the members for Gosnells has given notice that he intends to introduce into this place a bill to establish a beverage container deposit and recovery scheme. Can the minister please advise the house — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
558. Mrs G.J. GODFREY to the Minister for Environment: I note the members for Gosnells has given notice that he intends to introduce into this place a bill to establish a beverage container deposit and recovery scheme. Can the minister please advise the house — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I note the members for Gosnells has given notice that he intends to introduce into this place a bill to establish a beverage container deposit and recovery scheme. Can the minister please advise the house — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Start again, please. Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mrs G.J. GODFREY : Can the minister please advise the house if this bill would support the implementation of a container deposit scheme as announced by the Minister for Environment and the Premier this week? Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB replied: I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I thank the member for Belmont for the question. Unfortunately, member for Belmont, ours was actually announced last week, but thank you for the question. I acknowledge that members opposite introduced a bill this week. I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I have been surprised at the level of community support and engagement that the government has received on its announcement. Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I will get to that. I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
I acknowledge that Hon Eric Ripper, when he was in this house in the last Parliament, introduced, I believe, a similar bill, but I stress to the house that the bill introduced by Hon Eric Ripper in the last Parliament when he was replaced as Leader of the Opposition simply lapsed from the notice paper. Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr W.J. Johnston interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are not the arbiter of all things in this chamber. I do not want to discuss it with you. I am not going to call you now, but if you shout out again I will call you; and if you shout out again I will ask you to leave the chamber. Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I welcome the Labor Party’s indicated support for our policy on container deposit legislation. I am appreciative that for the first time the member for Gosnells is now so keen that he produced a draft bill only a week after the government announced that it will introduce legislation. Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I am keen for that enthusiasm to help support the Liberal–National government’s container deposit legislation. Please keep this enthusiasm up, member for Gosnells! However, careful planning does need to be undertaken to implement a container deposit scheme. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Thank you. Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : I point to the example of the Northern Territory, which tried something similar. Unfortunately, as some members may be aware, when the Northern Territory first tried to introduce its container deposit legislation, it infringed section 90 of the Constitution. Looking at the member for Gosnells’ bill, it unfortunately appears that clause 6 of the bill contains essentially the same infringement of the Constitution. I genuinely appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in supporting Liberal–National government policy—a bit belated, but I appreciate it—but this highlights why a methodical, careful approach needs to be undertaken. I point to the Northern Territory, which had an embarrassing loss — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, I call you to order for the second time. Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : The opposition cannot rewrite history. This is Liberal–National government policy. We are the ones doing this. I appreciate the opposition’s enthusiasm in support, but we will ensure that we do not infringe on the Constitution as the Northern Territory did only a few short years ago by rushing the legislation in much the same manner. But I encourage members opposite to keep up their level of support for this and, indeed, other policies. We will make sure that we do this properly. I flag to the house that we possibly may not even need legislation to bring this in. There are existing provisions under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the second time. Leader of the Opposition! Minister, you have 30 seconds. Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
Mr A.P. JACOB : That will depend on the final design of the bill, so I will inform the house as we work through this. Members opposite cannot get away from it; this was never their policy. They have never done it in this place. They may talk about it, but they do not deliver in government and they never delivered this in government. We are the ones doing this and we will do this, but I welcome the support from members opposite.
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