❓ Question on Notice regarding portfolio changes for the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure following the loss of her driver's license and previous drink-driving convictions, focusing on the transport portfolio and the creation of a new public transit authority. The Minister acknowledges changes were made but defends the government's actions.
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MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PORTFOLIO CHANGES
I refer to changes in the minister’s portfolio responsibilities following the loss of her drivers licence for speeding and two previous convictions for drink-driving and ask - (1) Is it the case that two changes have been made to her portfolio responsibilities since the revelation of her driving record, those changes being detailed in the Administration of Departments, Authorities, Statutes and Votes on 8 March 2001 and 1 May 2001? (2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN
I refer to changes in the minister’s portfolio responsibilities following the loss of her drivers licence for speeding and two previous convictions for drink-driving and ask - (1) Is it the case that two changes have been made to her portfolio responsibilities since the revelation of her driving record, those changes being detailed in the Administration of Departments, Authorities, Statutes and Votes on 8 March 2001 and 1 May 2001? (2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(1) Is it the case that two changes have been made to her portfolio responsibilities since the revelation of her driving record, those changes being detailed in the Administration of Departments, Authorities, Statutes and Votes on 8 March 2001 and 1 May 2001? (2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(1) Is it the case that two changes have been made to her portfolio responsibilities since the revelation of her driving record, those changes being detailed in the Administration of Departments, Authorities, Statutes and Votes on 8 March 2001 and 1 May 2001? (2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(2) Which areas of the transport portfolio is she currently responsible for? (3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(3) Will the creation of a new public transit authority, as reported in today’s The West Australian , mean a third change to her transport portfolio responsibilities? (4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(4) Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to her ministerial office for the specific task of sorting out the confusion created by the Premier’s decision to split the transport portfolio? Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
(1)-(3) The Opposition thinks it is on a winner with this. It is no secret - in fact, we have been very open about it - that to transfer to another minister the responsibility for road safety, it was necessary to also transfer a raft of other responsibilities because of the way in which road safety is intermeshed throughout the Transport Co-ordination Act. We have acknowledged this. Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: It has happened twice. Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: Some finetuning was necessary, all of which was public and open. Of course, it was not something that we anticipated; without doubt, it was a result of the loss of my drivers licence. The Leader of the Opposition trawls through The West Australian each morning to try to find a line for question time. The plan to develop a Western Australian transit authority was conceived as part of the notion to establish a department of planning and infrastructure. Our plan has always been to bring the policy setting and funding roles of planning and transport into one portfolio that overarches a series of operational units with responsibility for implementing that policy. We have done that. I have no difficulty with acknowledging that there was a week in which we needed to sort out the various responsibilities. However, unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s Government, we are able to act with a high degree of cooperation. Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: Was it necessary to second a senior public servant to your office? Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: A senior public servant was seconded to my office to carry out a range of tasks, one of which was to ensure the proper demarcation of responsibilities between the various offices. Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: It would all have been unnecessary if the Premier had acted properly. Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The problems of demarcation experienced by the coalition Government are legendary. We have massively reduced those problems by combining departments. Entire agencies were set up under the previous Government because of the feuds and empire building that took place between various Liberal Party ministers and members. Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Dr Gallop: We could write a three-volume treatise on the activities of the Leader of the Opposition’s Government. Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The very existence of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority is a result of the former Minister for Planning’s unwillingness to relinquish control to the former Minister for Lands. He would not allow LandCorp to take on that project, as was originally envisaged. Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Mr Barnett: There is still a mess in transport. Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
Ms MacTIERNAN: There is not a mess in transport. For the first time, there is coordination between transport and planning and between planning and lands. That is a first for this State, and it is producing better quality outcomes in land use and transport planning.
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