❓ Mr. Logan questions the Premier regarding a potential conflict of interest involving the Minister for Housing's property ownership and government decisions. The Premier dismisses the concern and deflects by referencing past Labor party scandals.
AnsweredQoN 268Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
MINISTER FOR HOUSING — PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
268. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. How
is the minister's involvement in key government decisions affecting the
company and the Housing Authority not a perceived or actual conflict of
interest?
268. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. How
is the minister's involvement in key government decisions affecting the
company and the Housing Authority not a perceived or actual conflict of
interest?
AnswerView source ↗
I think I have just answered that.
The fact that someone knows someone or has a long friendship, even if they
share something, is not of itself a conflict of interest.
Mr
F.M. Logan : It is a financial interest.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Yes, but it is not a conflict of interest in terms of
ministerial responsibility, unless there was a particular issue coming before
cabinet that would involve that individual. That would be declared by the
minister, and he would leave the room. �
How rich it is that a Labor Party
that lost four ministers in government and had three members compromised before
the Corruption and Crime Commission should lecture us on conflicts of interest.
Look at them—all screaming. I will make my footy team speech; it is
coming on; I can hear it. I can go through them one by one. If members opposite
want to see conflicts of interest they should stand in front of the mirror and
look at themselves.
The fact that someone knows someone or has a long friendship, even if they
share something, is not of itself a conflict of interest.
Mr
F.M. Logan : It is a financial interest.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Yes, but it is not a conflict of interest in terms of
ministerial responsibility, unless there was a particular issue coming before
cabinet that would involve that individual. That would be declared by the
minister, and he would leave the room. �
How rich it is that a Labor Party
that lost four ministers in government and had three members compromised before
the Corruption and Crime Commission should lecture us on conflicts of interest.
Look at them—all screaming. I will make my footy team speech; it is
coming on; I can hear it. I can go through them one by one. If members opposite
want to see conflicts of interest they should stand in front of the mirror and
look at themselves.
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