❓ Mr. Ripper questions Premier Barnett about the government's dividend take from utilities, arguing it's $2.7 million a day in clear profit, while Barnett insists utilities are heavily taxpayer-subsidised and the opposition leader is wrong.
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HARDSHIP UTILITY GRANT SCHEME — electricity bills
I ask a supplementary question. Will the Premier now reconsider the dividend take from the utilities, which amounts, in his own financial plan, to $2.7 million a day in clear profit over the next four years? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I ask a supplementary question. Will the Premier now reconsider the dividend take from the utilities, which amounts, in his own financial plan, to $2.7 million a day in clear profit over the next four years? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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The Leader of the Opposition does not listen to my good friend behind me, the Treasurer, who has explained ad nauseam that, because of the subsidies paid — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: The Leader of the Opposition does not listen to my good friend behind me, the Treasurer, who has explained ad nauseam that, because of the subsidies paid — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
The Leader of the Opposition does not listen to my good friend behind me, the Treasurer, who has explained ad nauseam that, because of the subsidies paid — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: The Leader of the Opposition does not listen to my good friend behind me, the Treasurer, who has explained ad nauseam that, because of the subsidies paid — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
The Leader of the Opposition does not listen to my good friend behind me, the Treasurer, who has explained ad nauseam that, because of the subsidies paid — Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr E.S. Ripper : It is $2.7 million clear profit. I’ve taken account of what he said. It is clear profit. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition still does not accept—the Treasurer has explained it on numerous occasions—that the total amount of state government Treasury subsidy into the utilities well exceeds any dividends paid back. That is the reality. The utilities are still heavily taxpayer subsidised. Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition does not know what he is talking about.
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