❓ Mr. Logan questions the Minister for Water about the financial impact of water price increases on WA families. The Minister deflects, stating the government relies on ERA advice for price setting and incorrectly claims Mr. Logan was previously the Minister for Water.
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WATER PRICE INCREASES — COST REFLECTIVITY
I have a supplementary question. Mr C.J. Barnett : What don’t you understand? Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION
I have a supplementary question. Mr C.J. Barnett : What don’t you understand? Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION
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The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr C.J. Barnett : What don’t you understand? Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr C.J. Barnett : What don’t you understand? Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : What do I not understand? I do not understand what you have him in the cabinet for! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : When is the minister going to tell WA families about the financial pain they will suffer from the increases to get to cost-reflective water prices? And don’t be smart; answer the question! The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The SPEAKER : Minister, take a seat. Member for Cockburn, I will accept the supplementary; you do not need to provide advice to other people in this place at this stage. Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
The member for Cockburn once was the Minister for Water, and he knows how it works. Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr F.M. Logan : No, I wasn’t. I was never the Minister for Water. Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION : That probably explains why he asked that question! I cannot be any clearer than what I said before. Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Several members interjected. Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
Mr W.R. MARMION : The government takes advice from the ERA and that is how the price is set.
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