❓ The Treasurer boasts about the Gallop government's economic achievements, citing top rankings in job creation, capital formation, economic growth, health, and environment. He then attacks the opposition's fiscal policies, highlighting rate increases and consultancy spending by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition when he was president of the Shire of Busselton.
AnsweredQoN 723Legislative Assembly
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How has the Gallop government’s financial management delivered better social and environmental outcomes to the people of Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I am very pleased to advise the house that the Gallop government has been ranked number one in the Evatt Foundation’s The State of the States report for the second year running. For the assessment period, Western Australia led the nation in job creation, in capital formation and in economic growth. In fact, our jobs record would have to be the envy of the country, with unemployment falling to four per cent in October, which is the lowest level in 30 years. That is our record: first in the economy. I am also pleased to say, on the basis of the Evatt report, that Western Australia is first on health and first on the environment. The government will not rest there. We are building for the future by investing $15.8 billion in capital works over the next four years. We have used our surplus to slash $1 billion from debt and to help fund the capital works. As well, we have put $2.4 billion worth of tax and family concessions into the system in the past year. What has been the opposition’s response to this? Every shadow minister has called for more resources in his or her portfolio, while the leadership has called for tax cuts. In Hansard on 9 November, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition said - The government seems intent on embracing a flawed philosophy that considers it better for the government to tax private individuals and private corporations and move wealth into the public domain to deliver economic and social outcomes in Western Australia. I say to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that actions speak louder than words. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been in government. Since he made that statement, I have taken a personal interest in his record in government. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been the president of the Shire of Busselton. It is very interesting to see what he did with taxes in his brief period as the president of the Shire of Busselton. When he was president, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put up rates 10 per cent in 2003-04. He was not happy with that. He came back the following year and put them up 4.5 per cent. I am not talking about the evaluation effect or the revenue effect - I am talking about the rate in the dollar that he put up by those massive amounts. In his two years as shire president he raised rates by almost 15 per cent. Tax and spend is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s philosophy when he has the levers of power. He engaged in a bit of spending, particularly on consultancy. When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was president of the Shire of Busselton, expenditure on consultancies blew out from $70 000 in 2001-02, to $200 000 in 2003-04, and to $600 000 in 2004-05. His philosophy was to increase rates by 15 per cent and spend $600 000 on consultancies. No wonder the Liberal Party is thinking about recycling the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I am very pleased to advise the house that the Gallop government has been ranked number one in the Evatt Foundation’s The State of the States report for the second year running. For the assessment period, Western Australia led the nation in job creation, in capital formation and in economic growth. In fact, our jobs record would have to be the envy of the country, with unemployment falling to four per cent in October, which is the lowest level in 30 years. That is our record: first in the economy. I am also pleased to say, on the basis of the Evatt report, that Western Australia is first on health and first on the environment. The government will not rest there. We are building for the future by investing $15.8 billion in capital works over the next four years. We have used our surplus to slash $1 billion from debt and to help fund the capital works. As well, we have put $2.4 billion worth of tax and family concessions into the system in the past year. What has been the opposition’s response to this? Every shadow minister has called for more resources in his or her portfolio, while the leadership has called for tax cuts. In Hansard on 9 November, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition said - The government seems intent on embracing a flawed philosophy that considers it better for the government to tax private individuals and private corporations and move wealth into the public domain to deliver economic and social outcomes in Western Australia. I say to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that actions speak louder than words. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been in government. Since he made that statement, I have taken a personal interest in his record in government. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been the president of the Shire of Busselton. It is very interesting to see what he did with taxes in his brief period as the president of the Shire of Busselton. When he was president, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put up rates 10 per cent in 2003-04. He was not happy with that. He came back the following year and put them up 4.5 per cent. I am not talking about the evaluation effect or the revenue effect - I am talking about the rate in the dollar that he put up by those massive amounts. In his two years as shire president he raised rates by almost 15 per cent. Tax and spend is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s philosophy when he has the levers of power. He engaged in a bit of spending, particularly on consultancy. When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was president of the Shire of Busselton, expenditure on consultancies blew out from $70 000 in 2001-02, to $200 000 in 2003-04, and to $600 000 in 2004-05. His philosophy was to increase rates by 15 per cent and spend $600 000 on consultancies. No wonder the Liberal Party is thinking about recycling the member for Warren-Blackwood.
I am very pleased to advise the house that the Gallop government has been ranked number one in the Evatt Foundation’s The State of the States report for the second year running. For the assessment period, Western Australia led the nation in job creation, in capital formation and in economic growth. In fact, our jobs record would have to be the envy of the country, with unemployment falling to four per cent in October, which is the lowest level in 30 years. That is our record: first in the economy. I am also pleased to say, on the basis of the Evatt report, that Western Australia is first on health and first on the environment. The government will not rest there. We are building for the future by investing $15.8 billion in capital works over the next four years. We have used our surplus to slash $1 billion from debt and to help fund the capital works. As well, we have put $2.4 billion worth of tax and family concessions into the system in the past year. What has been the opposition’s response to this? Every shadow minister has called for more resources in his or her portfolio, while the leadership has called for tax cuts. In Hansard on 9 November, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition said - The government seems intent on embracing a flawed philosophy that considers it better for the government to tax private individuals and private corporations and move wealth into the public domain to deliver economic and social outcomes in Western Australia. I say to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that actions speak louder than words. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been in government. Since he made that statement, I have taken a personal interest in his record in government. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been the president of the Shire of Busselton. It is very interesting to see what he did with taxes in his brief period as the president of the Shire of Busselton. When he was president, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put up rates 10 per cent in 2003-04. He was not happy with that. He came back the following year and put them up 4.5 per cent. I am not talking about the evaluation effect or the revenue effect - I am talking about the rate in the dollar that he put up by those massive amounts. In his two years as shire president he raised rates by almost 15 per cent. Tax and spend is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s philosophy when he has the levers of power. He engaged in a bit of spending, particularly on consultancy. When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was president of the Shire of Busselton, expenditure on consultancies blew out from $70 000 in 2001-02, to $200 000 in 2003-04, and to $600 000 in 2004-05. His philosophy was to increase rates by 15 per cent and spend $600 000 on consultancies. No wonder the Liberal Party is thinking about recycling the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I am very pleased to advise the house that the Gallop government has been ranked number one in the Evatt Foundation’s The State of the States report for the second year running. For the assessment period, Western Australia led the nation in job creation, in capital formation and in economic growth. In fact, our jobs record would have to be the envy of the country, with unemployment falling to four per cent in October, which is the lowest level in 30 years. That is our record: first in the economy. I am also pleased to say, on the basis of the Evatt report, that Western Australia is first on health and first on the environment. The government will not rest there. We are building for the future by investing $15.8 billion in capital works over the next four years. We have used our surplus to slash $1 billion from debt and to help fund the capital works. As well, we have put $2.4 billion worth of tax and family concessions into the system in the past year. What has been the opposition’s response to this? Every shadow minister has called for more resources in his or her portfolio, while the leadership has called for tax cuts. In Hansard on 9 November, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition said - The government seems intent on embracing a flawed philosophy that considers it better for the government to tax private individuals and private corporations and move wealth into the public domain to deliver economic and social outcomes in Western Australia. I say to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that actions speak louder than words. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been in government. Since he made that statement, I have taken a personal interest in his record in government. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been the president of the Shire of Busselton. It is very interesting to see what he did with taxes in his brief period as the president of the Shire of Busselton. When he was president, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put up rates 10 per cent in 2003-04. He was not happy with that. He came back the following year and put them up 4.5 per cent. I am not talking about the evaluation effect or the revenue effect - I am talking about the rate in the dollar that he put up by those massive amounts. In his two years as shire president he raised rates by almost 15 per cent. Tax and spend is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s philosophy when he has the levers of power. He engaged in a bit of spending, particularly on consultancy. When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was president of the Shire of Busselton, expenditure on consultancies blew out from $70 000 in 2001-02, to $200 000 in 2003-04, and to $600 000 in 2004-05. His philosophy was to increase rates by 15 per cent and spend $600 000 on consultancies. No wonder the Liberal Party is thinking about recycling the member for Warren-Blackwood.
I am very pleased to advise the house that the Gallop government has been ranked number one in the Evatt Foundation’s The State of the States report for the second year running. For the assessment period, Western Australia led the nation in job creation, in capital formation and in economic growth. In fact, our jobs record would have to be the envy of the country, with unemployment falling to four per cent in October, which is the lowest level in 30 years. That is our record: first in the economy. I am also pleased to say, on the basis of the Evatt report, that Western Australia is first on health and first on the environment. The government will not rest there. We are building for the future by investing $15.8 billion in capital works over the next four years. We have used our surplus to slash $1 billion from debt and to help fund the capital works. As well, we have put $2.4 billion worth of tax and family concessions into the system in the past year. What has been the opposition’s response to this? Every shadow minister has called for more resources in his or her portfolio, while the leadership has called for tax cuts. In Hansard on 9 November, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition said - The government seems intent on embracing a flawed philosophy that considers it better for the government to tax private individuals and private corporations and move wealth into the public domain to deliver economic and social outcomes in Western Australia. I say to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that actions speak louder than words. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been in government. Since he made that statement, I have taken a personal interest in his record in government. The new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has been the president of the Shire of Busselton. It is very interesting to see what he did with taxes in his brief period as the president of the Shire of Busselton. When he was president, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition put up rates 10 per cent in 2003-04. He was not happy with that. He came back the following year and put them up 4.5 per cent. I am not talking about the evaluation effect or the revenue effect - I am talking about the rate in the dollar that he put up by those massive amounts. In his two years as shire president he raised rates by almost 15 per cent. Tax and spend is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s philosophy when he has the levers of power. He engaged in a bit of spending, particularly on consultancy. When the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was president of the Shire of Busselton, expenditure on consultancies blew out from $70 000 in 2001-02, to $200 000 in 2003-04, and to $600 000 in 2004-05. His philosophy was to increase rates by 15 per cent and spend $600 000 on consultancies. No wonder the Liberal Party is thinking about recycling the member for Warren-Blackwood.
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