❓ Treasurer Ripper responds to a question about infrastructure funding commitments to regional WA, defending the government's record and criticizing the opposition's financial policies and internal inconsistencies.
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FUNDING COMMITMENTS — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
This Treasurer is a good Treasurer. Can he outline the government’s infrastructure funding commitments to regional Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
This Treasurer is a good Treasurer. Can he outline the government’s infrastructure funding commitments to regional Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I thank the member for her comment. I usually enjoy a modest surge in popularity just before the budget decisions are made. After that, I am back to my normal status in politics. I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for her comment. I usually enjoy a modest surge in popularity just before the budget decisions are made. After that, I am back to my normal status in politics. I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
I thank the member for her comment. I usually enjoy a modest surge in popularity just before the budget decisions are made. After that, I am back to my normal status in politics. I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for her comment. I usually enjoy a modest surge in popularity just before the budget decisions are made. After that, I am back to my normal status in politics. I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
I thank the member for her comment. I usually enjoy a modest surge in popularity just before the budget decisions are made. After that, I am back to my normal status in politics. I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
I affirm that regional Western Australia is a very important part of the state’s economy and the nation’s economy. It is the economic powerhouse of the state and the nation. The reason that we have committed a record $25 billion to the capital works program is that we want to keep regional economic growth going. We want to keep regional Western Australia’s contribution to the state and the nation going. Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Yesterday, the member for Wagin told the house that the National Party’s policy was to put away 25 per cent of the royalties into a regional infrastructure fund for the regions. We support infrastructure in the regions. We do not agree with the National Party’s policy, because it would be selling the regions short. In the 2007-08 financial year, the state is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in royalty revenues. If 25 per cent of those revenues were dedicated to regional infrastructure, it would amount to $0.6 billion. Our actual allocation to infrastructure for the regions is about $1.6 billion, almost three times what the National Party wants. We do not support the National Party promise and we do not think that it is providing enough compared with what we are contributing. The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
The National Party is not the only party in financial disarray. We have an inexperienced and immature opposition that does not understand what we need to do to have financial discipline. The Leader of the Opposition is not mature enough to get some financial discipline into his shadow cabinet. The new shadow Treasurer has gone strangely quiet after telling us that public sector workers would get nothing from him. His last public announcement was a week ago and he was still on the same theme. My notes indicate that he said that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. His colleague the shadow education minister was at it again on Monday telling 6PR that all that needs to be done is to throw some cash at the problem. My notes indicate that he said the following about the teachers’ dispute — The situation can be resolved today quite frankly, the Minister can offer a substantial, across the board salary increase to all teachers. We still have this issue whereby the shadow Treasurer says to not give them anything and the shadow education minister says to give them a substantial pay increase. We have an immature and inexperienced Leader of the Opposition who cannot resolve this conflict by getting some financial discipline — Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Dr S.C. Thomas : Give us a quote. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I have already given a quote that reads that we — . . . must not allow WA to be the economic spoiler that drives inflation and interest rates up. Earlier the shadow Treasurer was painting himself as the champion of financial discipline by saying he would not back wage increases, while his colleagues go out to different audiences and say, “Put them up substantially.” The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
The question to the house is: why has the Leader of the Opposition not got the maturity to get this matter resolved by getting some financial discipline into the shadow cabinet?
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