❓ Hon Norman Moore (Leader of the Opposition) questions the Minister for Energy regarding a settlement between Verve Energy and Dr van der Mye, seeking details about the court case and the Minister's involvement. The Minister requests the question be put on notice due to lack of time, leading to a heated exchange about the process.
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DR STEPHEN VAN DER MYE - EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION SETTLEMENT
I refer the minister to the settlement by Verve Energy with Dr van der Mye prior to the matter proceeding to trial. (1) Will the minister provide details of which court was set to hear the dispute and what was the date set for the trial? (2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE
I refer the minister to the settlement by Verve Energy with Dr van der Mye prior to the matter proceeding to trial. (1) Will the minister provide details of which court was set to hear the dispute and what was the date set for the trial? (2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(1) Will the minister provide details of which court was set to hear the dispute and what was the date set for the trial? (2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(1) Will the minister provide details of which court was set to hear the dispute and what was the date set for the trial? (2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(2) Will the minister table the statement of claims from Dr van der Mye or his representative to the government or the former Western Power? (3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
(3) What involvement, if any, did the Minister for Energy have in this matter? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide a response in the time available. I ask the honourable Leader of the Opposition to place his question on notice. Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : This was asked about two weeks ago. Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : There may be an answer now, but that was the answer two weeks ago. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : Today is today. This whole idea of putting a question on notice and then asking it a week or two later and being told to put it on notice because the government has not had time to answer it makes one ask: is there any follow-up in the system? THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Hon George Cash) : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : Not if it does not go on notice, no. Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : That is an unacceptable arrangement. I would have thought that the minister’s office could keep an eye on which questions were given an appropriate answer on the day that they were asked. Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Kim Chance : I will check that, but as far as I know the answer we have relates to the day when the question was asked. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : The Leader of the Opposition. Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : Forgive me for straying, Mr Deputy President. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Straying? It was more like a wander. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I beg the member’s pardon. It is nice to see the minister here. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : Thank you very much. It’s nice to be here. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I hope she knows what she is doing today, because she did not know what she was doing last Thursday. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : Members! Question time has limited time. If members want to waste it, it is their entitlement. However, I would like to offer other members an opportunity to ask a question. The Leader of the Opposition.
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