❓ Treasurer responds to a question about stamp duty reform benefits for homebuyers, but digresses into accusations of disloyalty and leadership challenges within the Liberal Party. The answer confirms a 5% stamp duty cut, equating to significant savings for homebuyers.
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TAX REFORM - BENEFIT TO HOMEBUYERS
Has the Treasurer got any more comments on the Liberal Party? No! Can the Treasurer explain how Western Australian homebuyers will also benefit from the Carpenter government’s decision to reform and simplify tax legislation, including the Stamp Act? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER
Has the Treasurer got any more comments on the Liberal Party? No! Can the Treasurer explain how Western Australian homebuyers will also benefit from the Carpenter government’s decision to reform and simplify tax legislation, including the Stamp Act? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER
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Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Can the Treasurer explain how Western Australian homebuyers will also benefit from the Carpenter government’s decision to reform and simplify tax legislation, including the Stamp Act? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Can the Treasurer explain how Western Australian homebuyers will also benefit from the Carpenter government’s decision to reform and simplify tax legislation, including the Stamp Act? Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Yes, I can! Does the member want to interject? Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Let me tell the member about what his leader thinks - . . . the thing is that’s the problem, Geoff, they don’t seem to stick their head up. The Leader of the Opposition does not know who are those “compliant members of Parliament” who get into the ears of the journalists. I can tell the Leader of the Opposition; it is his deputy who is organising that. He talks to them! He started the whispering campaign that is the challenge that dare not speak its name! I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
I will come back to the question asked by the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara. This is a tax reform that will modernise the Stamp Act 1921. A simpler, modern piece of legislation will be put to the Parliament. It will have the most business-friendly corporate reconstruction stamp duty exemption in Australia; the most business-friendly regime. It has been welcomed by the peak industry groups and major businesses in the state for that reason. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The deputy leader has some more comments, has he? In the upper house, the “Crichton-Browners” are protecting the lobbyists and their dupes, and, my friend, they are seeking to put the Deputy Leader of the Opposition into the leadership. They want to get their man up as the leader of the state Parliamentary Liberal Party. They do not want to do it while Parliament is sitting. They do not want to expose him to the scrutiny of Parliament. They are trying to do this after Thursday so he does not have to face any scrutiny in this place. That is what they are trying to do. Why does he not make the challenge today, so that he might face at least a day in Parliament at question time? He does not want to appear in question time as the leader. He wants to have three or four months in the media before he comes in here to face a bit of attack and a bit of scrutiny! Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has no courage! He did not have the courage to tell the member for Kalgoorlie what the deputy leader really wanted, he does not have the courage to mount a direct challenge, and he does not have the courage to face the Parliament as Leader of the Opposition! No ticker! No ticker! That is the issue. I will return, as I should, to the benefits to ordinary householders of this tax reform. As a result of the tax reform, there will be a five per cent cut in stamp duty. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still going. I have some more for him, if he wants it. There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
There will be a cut in stamp duty of five per cent, which will mean a better than $1 000 tax cut on a $500 000 house purchase, and a $935 tax cut on a median-priced property. That is a big benefit from tax reform for householders. However, an interesting aspect is that we have also been able to achieve something for business with the most business-friendly reconstruction for stamp duty exemption in the nation. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse is still protesting. I am surprised that he has any energy. We can see the leanings around the corridors. We have been through this before. We know how it works. We have seen him. We have overheard him trying to lobby people and trying to get the numbers. We have overheard some of his conversations. We know what he and the “Crichton-Browners” are doing. They are protecting Brian Burke, they are protecting Noel Crichton-Browne in the upper house, and Noel Crichton-Browne is trying to reward the member for Vasse by getting his supporters to support the member for Vasse to do over the Leader of the Opposition. However, the member for Vasse does not have the ticker to do it directly. He is doing it sneakily. He is doing it by having his supporters whisper in the ears of journalists so that he can undermine his own Leader of the Opposition, like he did with the previous one.
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