❓ Opposition Leader Ripper questions Premier Barnett on whether increased electricity fees are funding consultant payments, particularly those unrelated to Fiona Stanley Hospital. Premier Barnett dismisses the question and avoids a direct answer.
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ELECTRICITY — INCREASED fees and charges
As a supplementary question, is this the money that the Premier is using to pay that $25 million to consultants, $22 million of which is not for Fiona Stanley Hospital? Mr C.J. BARNETT
As a supplementary question, is this the money that the Premier is using to pay that $25 million to consultants, $22 million of which is not for Fiona Stanley Hospital? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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That is a silly question, of course. Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: That is a silly question, of course. Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
That is a silly question, of course. Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: That is a silly question, of course. Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
That is a silly question, of course. Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You take money from households and you spend it extravagantly in your government. That’s what you’re doing. You’re hard on the people; you’re soft on yourself. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It is a silly approach that the Leader of the Opposition has taken. As a long-time Treasurer of this state, I know that he understands state finances a lot better than that. That is not the relationship. As I have explained numerous times, the increases in electricity and water charges were related to — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, I am not going to answer the question any more. But I would like to welcome year 7 students from Dunsborough Primary School. I am sure that the students from Dunsborough Primary School understand the simple concept that if a person asks a question, that person listens to the answer.
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