❓ Mr. Buswell questions the Treasurer, Mr. Ripper, regarding specific government agencies facing staff shortages and the number of FTEs affected. Mr. Ripper deflects, citing the question's detail and suggesting it be put on notice, leading to interjections and a reprimand from the Speaker.
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STATE BUDGET ESTIMATES - GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT
I have a supplementary question. I ask again: which specific agencies have failed to attract staff and how many FTEs does this shortfall currently relate to? Mr E.S. RIPPER
I have a supplementary question. I ask again: which specific agencies have failed to attract staff and how many FTEs does this shortfall currently relate to? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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That is a very detailed question. If the member wants to put that - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: That is a very detailed question. If the member wants to put that - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
That is a very detailed question. If the member wants to put that - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: That is a very detailed question. If the member wants to put that - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
That is a very detailed question. If the member wants to put that - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : There has been well-publicised debate about this. The government has given information to the house, for example, following questions from the opposition and, indeed, generally, on the difficulty we have had in recruiting teachers. There is an example. Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr T. Buswell : How many? Lay it on the table if there’s a shortage. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order. It is not your role to yell until someone listens to you, because that might never happen. Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : He would have to speak sense before anyone would listen to him, instead of coming out with the boofheaded buffoonery that we constantly experience every question time. If the member asks a detailed question like that, he cannot expect an answer at this time. If he puts the question on notice, we will look at the issue.
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