❓ Opposition asks for guarantee against cost blow-outs on a project. Premier avoids direct answer, accuses Opposition Leader of misleading information and not holding the government to account.
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As a supplementary question, will the Premier give a guarantee that there will be no further cost blow-outs and time delays on this project? Dr GALLOP
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The question of the so-called cost blow-outs has been answered fully by the minister and I have repeated the answer today. Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Dr GALLOP replied: The question of the so-called cost blow-outs has been answered fully by the minister and I have repeated the answer today. Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
The question of the so-called cost blow-outs has been answered fully by the minister and I have repeated the answer today. Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Dr GALLOP replied: The question of the so-called cost blow-outs has been answered fully by the minister and I have repeated the answer today. Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
The question of the so-called cost blow-outs has been answered fully by the minister and I have repeated the answer today. Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Mr Barnett: Find her classy comment in The Australian Financial Review ! So much for the standards of ministers! Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Dr GALLOP: We should read Hansard and find out what the Leader of the Opposition has said since he has been Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament! One day I might tell all his colleagues what he says about them! That would be interesting. Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
Let us get down to tintacks. The Leader of the Opposition is taking the Opposition down a track that has no future. He does not understand that being Leader of the Opposition does not mean that he should oppose the State of Western Australia just because he wants to get at the Government. It does not mean that he should come up with misleading information on the rail project. It means that he should do some decent work on behalf of constituents and come into this Parliament and hold the Government to account. The Leader of the Opposition is not doing that. It is clear that the assumption behind his question is wrong and therefore my answer is very appropriate.
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