❓ Question regarding the timeline for power and road infrastructure delivery to the Oakajee port. The Premier's response is evasive, stating a decision on power source (powerline or station) is pending, leading to heated exchanges and accusations between members.
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MID-WEST POWER SUPPLIES — OAKAJEE PORT
I ask a supplementary question. What is the time line for the delivery of power infrastructure and road infrastructure into the Oakajee port? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I ask a supplementary question. What is the time line for the delivery of power infrastructure and road infrastructure into the Oakajee port? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I do not know what part of it the member does not get. We have not yet made a decision about whether it will be a powerline or a power station. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I do not know what part of it the member does not get. We have not yet made a decision about whether it will be a powerline or a power station. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
I do not know what part of it the member does not get. We have not yet made a decision about whether it will be a powerline or a power station. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I do not know what part of it the member does not get. We have not yet made a decision about whether it will be a powerline or a power station. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
I do not know what part of it the member does not get. We have not yet made a decision about whether it will be a powerline or a power station. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : What is the time line for power supply? Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have made so many decisions in six months that members opposite cannot keep up with them! We will make a decision, and, unlike members opposite, we will do it properly; we will make a sound decision for the energy sector in the mid-west. Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Sometime! Sometime we will make a decision! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Oh! “Mr Inpex” opposite! “Mr Inpex”! How could he lose a project to Darwin? I cannot understand it! One day he will have to stand here and explain how he could lose a project to Darwin—850 kilometres away! Talk about decisions! The member has got to be a joke! I think the people of Fremantle have worked the member out! In fact, I reckon they have worked the lot of them out! They worked them out on the weekend, did they not? Members opposite need to do some work — Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGowan : You’re a coward! You’re gutless, gutless, gutless! You wouldn’t even stand up here now — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Withdrawal of Remark Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Mr Speaker, the member for Rockingham knows full well that the term he used against the Premier is unparliamentary. Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr T.G. Stephens : But it’s true! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I ask that both he and the member for Pilbara apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, the phrase that I used is a phrase that the Premier uses regularly—and if you want me to table the Hansard , I will. If your ruling is that it is unparliamentary, I will withdraw, obviously, but I would accept that in future, when the Premier does it — Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Which term? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I make the withdrawal. The SPEAKER : Thank you.
The SPEAKER : Thank you.
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