❓ Question regarding a perceived change in Minister Grylls' position on the 'Royalties for Regions' program and its application to the 'Rail Rescue Package' after forming government. The Minister defends the government's approach and criticises the previous Labor government's spending priorities.
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ROYALTIES FOR REGIONS — RAIL RESCUE PACKAGE
Will the minister explain when exactly he had this change of vision? That is, will the minister explain what caused him to change his position on what it was he was preaching between the time he made this pledge to the people of the wheatbelt and the time at which he formed government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
Will the minister explain when exactly he had this change of vision? That is, will the minister explain what caused him to change his position on what it was he was preaching between the time he made this pledge to the people of the wheatbelt and the time at which he formed government? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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On forming the new Liberal-National government, we defined the terms of that arrangement and what royalties for regions would mean. I have made it very clear what that outcome is. I am very happy to defend that. I am happy to take the criticism — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: On forming the new Liberal-National government, we defined the terms of that arrangement and what royalties for regions would mean. I have made it very clear what that outcome is. I am very happy to defend that. I am happy to take the criticism — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
On forming the new Liberal-National government, we defined the terms of that arrangement and what royalties for regions would mean. I have made it very clear what that outcome is. I am very happy to defend that. I am happy to take the criticism — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: On forming the new Liberal-National government, we defined the terms of that arrangement and what royalties for regions would mean. I have made it very clear what that outcome is. I am very happy to defend that. I am happy to take the criticism — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
On forming the new Liberal-National government, we defined the terms of that arrangement and what royalties for regions would mean. I have made it very clear what that outcome is. I am very happy to defend that. I am happy to take the criticism — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : You are very happy to buy mattresses but you can’t do this—you can’t do strategic infrastructure. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The mattresses in question for the Pilbara health system were rejected by the former government over three budget cycles. Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Several members interjected. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Three budget cycles! That is what funding for health in the Pilbara came to—the former government refused to fund it again and again. The former Labor government built public art all the way down the Mandurah railway line—public art! There was no support for health in the Pilbara and no support for regional Western Australia, and that is why Labor Party members are now seated over there!
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