❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Premier on the impact of federal Labor policies on WA homeowners facing mortgage stress and property price declines. The Premier deflects, attacking the federal Liberal party's instability and association with Clive Palmer.
AnsweredQoN 394Legislative Assembly
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MORTGAGE STRESS —
CHRIS BOWEN'S COMMENTS
394. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : The member can
have a supplementary but be quicker next time.
Mr D.C. NALDER : What will
the Premier do to ensure that Western Australians who are forced to sell their
home or need to refinance their home to support their small business, or older Western
Australians who need to downsize, are not caught in the downward spiral of
falling property prices and negative equity that will be made worse by the
policies of a Shorten Labor government if it wins the election this Saturday?
CHRIS BOWEN'S COMMENTS
394. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : The member can
have a supplementary but be quicker next time.
Mr D.C. NALDER : What will
the Premier do to ensure that Western Australians who are forced to sell their
home or need to refinance their home to support their small business, or older Western
Australians who need to downsize, are not caught in the downward spiral of
falling property prices and negative equity that will be made worse by the
policies of a Shorten Labor government if it wins the election this Saturday?
AnswerView source ↗
Over the course of the last year or
so since federal Labor announced its policies, the federal Liberal Party has
said that house prices are going to go up, and then it said that they were
going to go down. It also said that rents were going to go up, and then rents
were going to go down. The federal Liberal Party said all those things—which
one is it? It is as confused on this issue
as it is about its alliances. The federal Liberal Party is preferencing Clive
Palmer . It is going to put Clive Palmer into federal Parliament. Members
opposite know as well as I do that he is a grave threat to jobs in Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr W.R. Marmion : What about
the Greens?
Mr M. McGOWAN : The Liberals
are in an alliance with the National Party.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : We are not in
an alliance with the Greens. Members opposite were in an alliance with the
National Party that destroyed Western Australia's finances.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Jointly, both
parties racked up more than $40 billion of debt. Seriously, if I were them I would
not be talking about who my friends are.
In any event, on Saturday people —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I do not even
know what the member says half the time. I cannot understand him.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear this
sort of noise but I do not know what it is.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : He said, ''Go
the Glory!''
Mr M. McGOWAN : At least he
has that right.
The SPEAKER : Members,
please!
Mr M. McGOWAN : But he does
support Collingwood, Mr Speaker.
On
Saturday the people of Australia have a choice between one side of politics:
Labor, which is coherent and stable, versus a mess on the conservative side—that
is the reality. The Liberal government has had three Prime Ministers in
six years. It knocked off Malcolm Turnbull. What did he do wrong? He came out
with a coherent energy policy, so its members decided to destroy him—honestly!
The Liberal Party does not deserve to win the election. I think a majority of
people in Australia understand that. Its members knocked off Malcolm Turnbull.
They were going to replace him with a pretty mean individual in Peter Dutton.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : People like Christian
Porter and Michael Keenan, to their shame, were prepared to back Peter Dutton
as Prime Minister of Australia. The Liberal Party does not deserve another term
in office. It has had two terms and it made a mess of it. It has been a chaotic
rabble. It is supporting Clive Palmer. It is time they were gone.
so since federal Labor announced its policies, the federal Liberal Party has
said that house prices are going to go up, and then it said that they were
going to go down. It also said that rents were going to go up, and then rents
were going to go down. The federal Liberal Party said all those things—which
one is it? It is as confused on this issue
as it is about its alliances. The federal Liberal Party is preferencing Clive
Palmer . It is going to put Clive Palmer into federal Parliament. Members
opposite know as well as I do that he is a grave threat to jobs in Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr W.R. Marmion : What about
the Greens?
Mr M. McGOWAN : The Liberals
are in an alliance with the National Party.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : We are not in
an alliance with the Greens. Members opposite were in an alliance with the
National Party that destroyed Western Australia's finances.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : Jointly, both
parties racked up more than $40 billion of debt. Seriously, if I were them I would
not be talking about who my friends are.
In any event, on Saturday people —
Mr P.A. Katsambanis interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I do not even
know what the member says half the time. I cannot understand him.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I hear this
sort of noise but I do not know what it is.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : He said, ''Go
the Glory!''
Mr M. McGOWAN : At least he
has that right.
The SPEAKER : Members,
please!
Mr M. McGOWAN : But he does
support Collingwood, Mr Speaker.
On
Saturday the people of Australia have a choice between one side of politics:
Labor, which is coherent and stable, versus a mess on the conservative side—that
is the reality. The Liberal government has had three Prime Ministers in
six years. It knocked off Malcolm Turnbull. What did he do wrong? He came out
with a coherent energy policy, so its members decided to destroy him—honestly!
The Liberal Party does not deserve to win the election. I think a majority of
people in Australia understand that. Its members knocked off Malcolm Turnbull.
They were going to replace him with a pretty mean individual in Peter Dutton.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition!
Mr
M. McGOWAN : People like Christian
Porter and Michael Keenan, to their shame, were prepared to back Peter Dutton
as Prime Minister of Australia. The Liberal Party does not deserve another term
in office. It has had two terms and it made a mess of it. It has been a chaotic
rabble. It is supporting Clive Palmer. It is time they were gone.
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