❓ Treasurer responds to a question about policy agendas threatening service delivery by attacking the opposition's alleged 'less with less' agenda, accusing them of planning cuts to essential services.
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POLICY AGENDA THREATENING SERVICE DELIVERY
Will the Treasurer inform the house of any policy agenda that might threaten service delivery in Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
Will the Treasurer inform the house of any policy agenda that might threaten service delivery in Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I thank the member for the excellent question. An extreme policy agenda is being pursued by the member for Vasse - the less with less agenda - that does pose a serious threat to service delivery in Western Australia. The less with less agenda means less money for fewer services, it means user-pays transport, it means outsourcing schools to charter schools and it means closing down mental health services. That is the extreme agenda of the member for Vasse, but do his colleagues support him? We know that the member for Kalgoorlie does not support him, we know that the member for Leschenault does not support him, and we have a suspicion that the member for Hillarys does not support him, although the member for Hillarys is still at least temporarily on the front bench of the opposition. What about the rest of the opposition members? Do they support the less with less agenda? Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for the excellent question. An extreme policy agenda is being pursued by the member for Vasse - the less with less agenda - that does pose a serious threat to service delivery in Western Australia. The less with less agenda means less money for fewer services, it means user-pays transport, it means outsourcing schools to charter schools and it means closing down mental health services. That is the extreme agenda of the member for Vasse, but do his colleagues support him? We know that the member for Kalgoorlie does not support him, we know that the member for Leschenault does not support him, and we have a suspicion that the member for Hillarys does not support him, although the member for Hillarys is still at least temporarily on the front bench of the opposition. What about the rest of the opposition members? Do they support the less with less agenda? Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
I thank the member for the excellent question. An extreme policy agenda is being pursued by the member for Vasse - the less with less agenda - that does pose a serious threat to service delivery in Western Australia. The less with less agenda means less money for fewer services, it means user-pays transport, it means outsourcing schools to charter schools and it means closing down mental health services. That is the extreme agenda of the member for Vasse, but do his colleagues support him? We know that the member for Kalgoorlie does not support him, we know that the member for Leschenault does not support him, and we have a suspicion that the member for Hillarys does not support him, although the member for Hillarys is still at least temporarily on the front bench of the opposition. What about the rest of the opposition members? Do they support the less with less agenda? Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for the excellent question. An extreme policy agenda is being pursued by the member for Vasse - the less with less agenda - that does pose a serious threat to service delivery in Western Australia. The less with less agenda means less money for fewer services, it means user-pays transport, it means outsourcing schools to charter schools and it means closing down mental health services. That is the extreme agenda of the member for Vasse, but do his colleagues support him? We know that the member for Kalgoorlie does not support him, we know that the member for Leschenault does not support him, and we have a suspicion that the member for Hillarys does not support him, although the member for Hillarys is still at least temporarily on the front bench of the opposition. What about the rest of the opposition members? Do they support the less with less agenda? Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
I thank the member for the excellent question. An extreme policy agenda is being pursued by the member for Vasse - the less with less agenda - that does pose a serious threat to service delivery in Western Australia. The less with less agenda means less money for fewer services, it means user-pays transport, it means outsourcing schools to charter schools and it means closing down mental health services. That is the extreme agenda of the member for Vasse, but do his colleagues support him? We know that the member for Kalgoorlie does not support him, we know that the member for Leschenault does not support him, and we have a suspicion that the member for Hillarys does not support him, although the member for Hillarys is still at least temporarily on the front bench of the opposition. What about the rest of the opposition members? Do they support the less with less agenda? Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : He is the highest-taxing Treasurer. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse still persists. He is not giving up on the less with less agenda; he is going for it hell for leather. What about his colleagues? Yesterday the member for Murray called for higher wages - more expenditure - for firefighters. Did the member for Murray seek approval from the member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : There is silence from the member for Murray, because less with less must mean less money for fewer firefighters, less money for fewer nurses, less money for fewer teachers and less money for fewer police. Let us come to what the member for Dawesville said on the subject of health services. Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr M.J. Cowper interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Murray was silent when I gave him the opportunity to interject; I have moved on from him. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, they cannot even agree on who should interject. The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the members for Murray and Vasse. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
The SPEAKER : I call to order for the second time the member for Vasse. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite cannot even agree on who should be making the interjections. On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
On 31 May the member for Dawesville called on the Minister for Health to provide more staffed hospital beds for winter. That was a call from the member for Dawesville for more expenditure on health services. Did the member for Dawesville seek approval from the member for Vasse? Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Dr K.D. Hames : I said more for less; more money and less bureaucracy. Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : That is not what the shadow Treasurer wants; he wants less with less. If the member for Vasse has his way, we will have less funding for fewer hospital beds, not more expenditure on health services, as the shadow Minister for Health apparently wants. On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
On 30 May the Leader of the Opposition and member for Warren-Blackwood called on the state government to fund the outer harbour project at Bunbury. Does less with less not mean less funding with less infrastructure, member for Vasse? Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : No. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Surely that is what it means. The truth is that the Liberals cannot be trusted - Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr T. Buswell : Tell us about your tax record. Tell us about the price of housing. Tell us about the housing crisis. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse goes on about tax. He will not talk about services, because he is vulnerable on services. He cannot defend the less with less agenda. The truth is that while the Liberals have this less with less agenda, they cannot be trusted with any opposition promise on funding because their only policy at the moment is the one outlined by the shadow Treasurer: less funding for fewer services. Members of the opposition might think that they can remain silent in their electorates on this less with less agenda and get away with it. I assure them that we will not be silent in their electorates on the question of their shadow Treasurer’s less with less agenda.
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