❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Premier's justification for privatising Synergy assets, which the Premier denies, instead claiming expansion of renewables under Synergy's control. The Premier then attacks the previous government's financial record.
AnsweredQoN 648Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
SYNERGY
648. Mr D.C. NALDER to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary
question. I take it from the response that the Premier confirms both those
questions. How can he justify privatising Synergy electricity assets when he
told the people of Western Australia that he would not?
648. Mr D.C. NALDER to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary
question. I take it from the response that the Premier confirms both those
questions. How can he justify privatising Synergy electricity assets when he
told the people of Western Australia that he would not?
AnswerView source ↗
We are not privatising Synergy electricity assets; we are
expanding the provision of renewables under Synergy's control, in
accordance with the renewable energy target set by Tony Abbott.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : You are really catching me. The brains trust over here is really
catching me. Now that I have answered the question I will go back to one little
bit of history. Does anyone remember the $330 million poured down the drain by
the last government on the Muja deal, which it said would cost nothing? We
remember that—poured down the drain. Like questions with the Perth
Children's Hospital, these are not things members opposite should go
near. They should be like an electric fence—do not touch them because
if they touch them, considering their record, they will get burnt because their
record in these areas is appalling. My advice to them is: do not go near the
children's hospital; do not go near the finances; do not go near energy
provision; do not go near the education system; certainly do not talk about
community safety; do not ask questions about methamphetamine; do not ask
questions about economic management; do not ask questions about sport because
he will kill them; and I would not go near regional development and Hon Alannah
MacTiernan, and when it comes to
Local Government— maybe local government! Do not go near
transport and planning either.
expanding the provision of renewables under Synergy's control, in
accordance with the renewable energy target set by Tony Abbott.
Mr D.C. Nalder interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : You are really catching me. The brains trust over here is really
catching me. Now that I have answered the question I will go back to one little
bit of history. Does anyone remember the $330 million poured down the drain by
the last government on the Muja deal, which it said would cost nothing? We
remember that—poured down the drain. Like questions with the Perth
Children's Hospital, these are not things members opposite should go
near. They should be like an electric fence—do not touch them because
if they touch them, considering their record, they will get burnt because their
record in these areas is appalling. My advice to them is: do not go near the
children's hospital; do not go near the finances; do not go near energy
provision; do not go near the education system; certainly do not talk about
community safety; do not ask questions about methamphetamine; do not ask
questions about economic management; do not ask questions about sport because
he will kill them; and I would not go near regional development and Hon Alannah
MacTiernan, and when it comes to
Local Government— maybe local government! Do not go near
transport and planning either.
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