❓ Question regarding the delay in announcing timber volumes and its relation to the deferred forestry assistance package. The Premier denies the link, leading to heated exchange and suspension of a member.
AnsweredQoN 730Legislative Assembly
Asked
21 February 2002
Member
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I have a supplementary question. Is the reason for the continued delay in announcing the timber volumes related to the Government’s decision to defer the $12 million forestry assistance package, given that timber workers cannot apply for funding assistance until they have certainty about the volume of resource allocation? Dr GALLOP
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The answer is clear, and it is no. Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr GALLOP replied: The answer is clear, and it is no. Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The answer is clear, and it is no. Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Dr GALLOP replied: The answer is clear, and it is no. Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The answer is clear, and it is no. Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Omodei: You are a gutless bastard, that’s what you are. Suspension of Member for Warren-BlackwoodSuspension of Member The SPEAKER: Order! I instruct the member for Warren-Blackwood to retract that statement, and I call him to order for the third time. Does he withdraw? Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr OMODEI: Mr Speaker, this issue has been ongoing for more than 12 months. A whole lot of families and people’s livelihoods are at stake. The Premier has not had the courage to come down to Warren-Blackwood and I am not going to withdraw the remark. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the fourth time. I instruct that the member for Warren-Blackwood be suspended for the balance of today. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: Order! It is time that we had some order in this place. If members want question time to continue, we need a little bit more control. Questions without Notice Resumed
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