❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Treasurer's focus on household fees while being slow to address executive salaries in Government Trading Enterprises. Mr. Barnett responds that existing contracts, largely from the previous government, will be standardised as they are renewed, acknowledging some salaries are excessive.
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GOVERNMENT TRADING ENTERPRISES
I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Why is the Treasurer so quick to slug households with increased fees and charges, but so slow to respond to executive salaries? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Why is the Treasurer so quick to slug households with increased fees and charges, but so slow to respond to executive salaries? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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Again, I make the point that the CEOs of the government trading enterprises have existing contracts—almost all of them put in place by the previous government. Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Again, I make the point that the CEOs of the government trading enterprises have existing contracts—almost all of them put in place by the previous government. Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Again, I make the point that the CEOs of the government trading enterprises have existing contracts—almost all of them put in place by the previous government. Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: Again, I make the point that the CEOs of the government trading enterprises have existing contracts—almost all of them put in place by the previous government. Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Again, I make the point that the CEOs of the government trading enterprises have existing contracts—almost all of them put in place by the previous government. Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : As they expire will they come into the new arrangement? Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : As they get rolled over, they will come into a more standardised format. And some of them, in my view, are excessive.
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