❓ Mr. Nalder questions Premier McGowan about the state economy and cost of living increases, referencing a CommSec report. McGowan deflects by quoting past criticisms of the Liberal government by Nalder himself.
AnsweredQoN 908Legislative Assembly
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STATE ECONOMY
908. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier refute the CommSec report and —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr T. Healy interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Southern River, I call you to order for the first time. Member, start again.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : The Premier
obviously refutes the CommSec report and that the government's massive
cost of living increases are hurting households and jobs, and burning off the
green shoots of the economy; is that correct?
908. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier refute the CommSec report and —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr T. Healy interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Southern River, I call you to order for the first time. Member, start again.
Mr
D.C. NALDER : The Premier
obviously refutes the CommSec report and that the government's massive
cost of living increases are hurting households and jobs, and burning off the
green shoots of the economy; is that correct?
AnswerView source ↗
The refutation, if that is a word,
of the CommSec report—on 25 July 2016 by Mike Nahan, the then Treasurer
—
Mr D.C. Nalder : I am talking
about you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am quoting
other sources to back my position. Mike Nahan said —
''This survey and its ranking
provides us no information at all and some people will try to spin it as a negative
and talk down the economy,'' �
It was very prescient of
the Leader of the Opposition, because he knew what the shadow Treasurer would
do in the future. I have an article here from page 16 of The West Australian of 19 September 2016, back when the Liberal Party was in government,
titled ''Why Barnett leadership is a roadblock to growth''. It
has one paragraph after another saying that the former government was unable to
hear concerns about jobs and manage the economy. It was not written by any
columnist. It was written by one D. Nalder. I will quote one paragraph that
springs to mind. The article refers to various pieces of infrastructure and
states —
All that has been put at risk because of the Premier's
increasingly erratic decision-making.
He is talking about his own
government.
Mr D.C. Nalder : We are
talking about you now.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I can only do
a compare and contrast. We have a unified government that is getting on and
dealing with the big issues in Western Australia. It is passing all sorts of
legislation to solve longstanding issues, getting the state's finances
back on track, working with the state's business community to create
jobs, and putting up cost of living increases at half the rate that the Liberal
Party did when it was in government. We have the economy out of recession and growing again. We have business and
consumer confidence at highs not seen for five years. In office Labor has done
all those things. The Liberal–National government's record was,
according to —
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have another
quote from one D. Nalder. I will close on this one.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, I call you to order for the third time.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Table it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will table
it. Is this an official document, Mr Speaker? It is. The member for Bateman is
talking about his own government, and he wrote —
� our inability to show the community
we are hearing their concerns about jobs.
We need a new direction.
Western Australia got a new
direction and it is this Labor government.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
of the CommSec report—on 25 July 2016 by Mike Nahan, the then Treasurer
—
Mr D.C. Nalder : I am talking
about you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am quoting
other sources to back my position. Mike Nahan said —
''This survey and its ranking
provides us no information at all and some people will try to spin it as a negative
and talk down the economy,'' �
It was very prescient of
the Leader of the Opposition, because he knew what the shadow Treasurer would
do in the future. I have an article here from page 16 of The West Australian of 19 September 2016, back when the Liberal Party was in government,
titled ''Why Barnett leadership is a roadblock to growth''. It
has one paragraph after another saying that the former government was unable to
hear concerns about jobs and manage the economy. It was not written by any
columnist. It was written by one D. Nalder. I will quote one paragraph that
springs to mind. The article refers to various pieces of infrastructure and
states —
All that has been put at risk because of the Premier's
increasingly erratic decision-making.
He is talking about his own
government.
Mr D.C. Nalder : We are
talking about you now.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I can only do
a compare and contrast. We have a unified government that is getting on and
dealing with the big issues in Western Australia. It is passing all sorts of
legislation to solve longstanding issues, getting the state's finances
back on track, working with the state's business community to create
jobs, and putting up cost of living increases at half the rate that the Liberal
Party did when it was in government. We have the economy out of recession and growing again. We have business and
consumer confidence at highs not seen for five years. In office Labor has done
all those things. The Liberal–National government's record was,
according to —
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I have another
quote from one D. Nalder. I will close on this one.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, I call you to order for the third time.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Table it.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will table
it. Is this an official document, Mr Speaker? It is. The member for Bateman is
talking about his own government, and he wrote —
� our inability to show the community
we are hearing their concerns about jobs.
We need a new direction.
Western Australia got a new
direction and it is this Labor government.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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