❓ Opposition questions the Premier's handling of National Action Plan negotiations, suggesting mismanagement and political maneuvering. The Premier deflects blame, accusing the Commonwealth of cutting funding and the opposition of lacking support for WA.
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I refer to the Government’s blatant mismanagement of negotiations on the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality, as evidenced by the letter sent this week by the Prime Minister rejecting its attempt to fund state agency projects. (1) Will the Premier now finally concede that it will be solely his fault that Western Australia will potentially lose its allocation of national action plan funding to other States? (2) Will the Premier finally speak the truth to regional communities and inform them that he is trying to use the entire federal grant to fund state government agency projects? (3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP
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(1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(1) Will the Premier now finally concede that it will be solely his fault that Western Australia will potentially lose its allocation of national action plan funding to other States? (2) Will the Premier finally speak the truth to regional communities and inform them that he is trying to use the entire federal grant to fund state government agency projects? (3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(2) Will the Premier finally speak the truth to regional communities and inform them that he is trying to use the entire federal grant to fund state government agency projects? (3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(1) Will the Premier now finally concede that it will be solely his fault that Western Australia will potentially lose its allocation of national action plan funding to other States? (2) Will the Premier finally speak the truth to regional communities and inform them that he is trying to use the entire federal grant to fund state government agency projects? (3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(2) Will the Premier finally speak the truth to regional communities and inform them that he is trying to use the entire federal grant to fund state government agency projects? (3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(3) Will the Premier finally admit that his announcement on 26 November 2002 that he had signed the agreement with the Commonwealth was purely a political stunt, because the Commonwealth now refuses to sign the document to fund government agencies? Point of Order Mr J.C. KOBELKE: I draw the attention of the Speaker to Standing Order No 77. The question as framed is clearly in contravention of that. The member’s question, as I heard it, contains matters that I believe the Premier would be keen to answer, but the way in which it was framed is clearly a breach of Standing Order No 77. Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr J.J.M. Bowler interjected. Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr M.W. TRENORDEN: It may interest the member for Eyre that this is only the second or third time that I have done this in 16 years in Parliament. The question is clear, and requires a response from the Premier. The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The SPEAKER: If we strictly adhered to the rules, quite a number of questions would probably fall foul of Standing Order No 77. I do not think this strays into the area in which it should be ruled out of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
(1)-(3) These Nationals are pretty good. Last year they were going all around Western Australia pointing out that the Western Australian Government had not signed the national agreement and that, because of this, funds were being held up. We used our best efforts to have the Commonwealth change the framework under which it would consider these issues, just as the previous Government had done. We had some success in that area, but we did not have complete success. We reached the conclusion that we should sign, so we signed, but then we heard nothing from the Commonwealth. Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Mr B.J. Grylls interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Obviously the member knows more than I do. Correspondence from the Prime Minister to the Premier of Western Australia has reached him before it has come to me. I would be very interested to have a look at that letter. The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The commonwealth environment and agricultural budget has had $300 million taken out of it, and the pressure is on at the commonwealth level to try to reduce the commitments the federal Government has given over the years to the States. The federal Government it trying to wriggle its way out of its responsibilities. Unfortunately, when the State Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth, it does not have the support of the Liberal Party and the National Party. When the Government goes into battle against the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Western Australia, all members on this side are behind it, but not the Nationals or the Liberals, because they are the poodles of the Commonwealth over here in Western Australia. The Commonwealth has cut back on its agricultural and environment budget by $300 million and it is trying to wriggle out of its responsibilities. It will try to play politics with the national action plan in order to justify that cut in expenditure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the second time.
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