❓ Dr. Nahan questions the Premier's trustworthiness regarding broken promises related to the Parliamentary Budget Office, leading to a heated exchange and personal attacks.
AnsweredQoN 830Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE
830. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. How can the people of Western
Australia trust anything the Premier says when he continually undermines the
accountability of the state by, for instance, reneging on a 2013 and a 2017
election promise that his Treasurer committed to —
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
Dr M.D. NAHAN : Yes, you did! And ignore the
recommendation of the government's own Langoulant inquiry?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo, I call you to order
for the first time.
830. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. How can the people of Western
Australia trust anything the Premier says when he continually undermines the
accountability of the state by, for instance, reneging on a 2013 and a 2017
election promise that his Treasurer committed to —
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected.
Dr M.D. NAHAN : Yes, you did! And ignore the
recommendation of the government's own Langoulant inquiry?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Wanneroo, I call you to order
for the first time.
AnswerView source ↗
The thing about the Leader
of the Opposition is that he lives in a dream world! He creates all these
things in his head and pretends like they are fact because he heard something
somewhere at some Liberal Party branch meeting —
Dr M.D. Nahan : I'm not you!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — or he read something years
ago and suddenly it is fact!
Dr M.D. Nahan : You're the flip-flop man! You
are reneging again—cop it sweet!
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined the history of this issue.
Dr M.D. Nahan : No, you didn't! Your own
abridged version!
Mr M. McGOWAN : There we go! That is what we are
dealing with! You are the worst opposition leader I have ever seen—you
are! You actually are! The worst opposition leader I have ever seen! I have
seen Paul Omodei, I have seen Troy Buswell—you leave them for dead!
Dr M.D. Nahan : Have you seen
yourself?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, well I did
pretty well! I mean, I am sitting here and you are sitting there!
of the Opposition is that he lives in a dream world! He creates all these
things in his head and pretends like they are fact because he heard something
somewhere at some Liberal Party branch meeting —
Dr M.D. Nahan : I'm not you!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — or he read something years
ago and suddenly it is fact!
Dr M.D. Nahan : You're the flip-flop man! You
are reneging again—cop it sweet!
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, I call you to
order for the first time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I outlined the history of this issue.
Dr M.D. Nahan : No, you didn't! Your own
abridged version!
Mr M. McGOWAN : There we go! That is what we are
dealing with! You are the worst opposition leader I have ever seen—you
are! You actually are! The worst opposition leader I have ever seen! I have
seen Paul Omodei, I have seen Troy Buswell—you leave them for dead!
Dr M.D. Nahan : Have you seen
yourself?
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, well I did
pretty well! I mean, I am sitting here and you are sitting there!
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