❓ Mr. Day asks about the cost of consultancies related to the break-up of Western Power. Mr. Ripper avoids a direct answer, promising to table the information and instead criticizes the opposition's past actions regarding AlintaGas privatisation.
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I have a supplementary question. I also asked how much has the Government spent on consultancies related to the break-up of Western Power. Will the minister answer that question? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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Our consultancy information has been tabled, unlike the path to privatisation report put forward by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Minister for Energy. The Opposition has got the wrong idea about electricity reform and the break-up of Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Our consultancy information has been tabled, unlike the path to privatisation report put forward by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Minister for Energy. The Opposition has got the wrong idea about electricity reform and the break-up of Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Our consultancy information has been tabled, unlike the path to privatisation report put forward by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Minister for Energy. The Opposition has got the wrong idea about electricity reform and the break-up of Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Our consultancy information has been tabled, unlike the path to privatisation report put forward by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Minister for Energy. The Opposition has got the wrong idea about electricity reform and the break-up of Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Our consultancy information has been tabled, unlike the path to privatisation report put forward by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Minister for Energy. The Opposition has got the wrong idea about electricity reform and the break-up of Western Power. Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You have just wasted $20 million! Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: That is what the Liberal Party spent, and more - about double that - on the privatisation of AlintaGas, and it did not even confess to the public before the relevant election that that is what it intended to do. That is what the Liberal Party is doing now. Before the 1996 election the Liberal Party said that there would be no privatisation of AlintaGas, but it then privatised AlintaGas. Before the 2005 election the Liberal Party is saying there will be no privatisation of Western Power. However, we know that if the Liberal Party were to win the next election, it would do exactly what it did with AlintaGas. Electricity reform is about a lot more than the break-up of Western Power. The major expense in electricity reform is the establishment of an electricity market. The electricity market is something that the Liberal Party has supported in this Parliament. I have given a commitment to table the information - Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Answer it now! You are not only the energy minister. You are also the Treasurer. You must know. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time, and I urge the minister to remember that this is a supplementary and should be answered quickly. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr P.D. Omodei: And be truthful! The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I have given a commitment to table that information, and I always honour that sort of commitment that I give to the House.
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