❓ Opposition questions Premier about Environment Minister's potential conflict of interest due to her husband's shares in Woodside. Premier defends the minister, questions the opposition's motives, and offers a conditional release of information.
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MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT — CONFLICT OF INTEREST
I refer to the Minister for Environment’s admission that her husband has shares in Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (1) Was the Premier aware of this before the minister gave her answer in the Legislative Council yesterday; and, if so, when was the Premier aware of it? (2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to the Minister for Environment’s admission that her husband has shares in Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (1) Was the Premier aware of this before the minister gave her answer in the Legislative Council yesterday; and, if so, when was the Premier aware of it? (2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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(1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(1) Was the Premier aware of this before the minister gave her answer in the Legislative Council yesterday; and, if so, when was the Premier aware of it? (2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(1) Was the Premier aware of this before the minister gave her answer in the Legislative Council yesterday; and, if so, when was the Premier aware of it? (2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(2) Will the Premier now apply the same standard to the Minister for Environment as that which has been accepted by the Minister for Mines and Petroleum and request that her husband sell these shares? (3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(3) Given this serious conflict of interest in dealing with matters related to Woodside, will the Premier require that the minister have a departmental officer present at all meetings that occur between her and Woodside officers? (4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(4) Will the Premier detail which ministers in his cabinet and which ministerial spouses have privately controlled superannuation funds, family trusts or family companies? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
(1)-(4) The Leader of the Opposition really has a problem with a 33-year-old female environment minister! The environment is something for the future, and I deliberately appointed Hon Donna Faragher because I want a young person’s perspective for that portfolio. I think Donna Faragher is doing an outstanding job and will prove to be an outstanding environment minister. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not relevant to the question. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition seems to have a problem. He cannot stop asking questions about female members or the female spouses of members. Members declare their interests. The ministerial code of declaration has a high level of disclosure and that has taken place. I would imagine that, as Hon Donna Faragher’s husband works for Woodside, and I understand that Woodside has an employee share scheme, he would own shares, as would every other employee of Woodside. Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So you didn’t know as of yesterday? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Look; just be patient. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No. Just bowl them up; we are ready. Members opposite can keep bowling full tosses, long hops or whatever they want; just set the field deep. It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
It has been declared. The cabinet secretary oversees the disclosure of interests. When issues arise, they are declared. If there is a conflict or a perceived conflict, or if I judge there to be a conflict of interest, ministers will leave the room. The substantive question from the Leader of the Opposition was basically whether I can provide details, I guess, of all the personal holdings of the wives, husbands or partners, or boyfriends or girlfriends or aunties or uncles-I do not know how wide the Leader of the Opposition wants to go—of ministerial staff. He wants me to provide all the details, does he? He wants me to speak to every minister and every husband, wife or partner, however defined, and provide their personal information to him publicly. Is that what he is requesting? Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Table the declaration. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I just want to be very clear what the Labor Party is about. It now seems that, under the approach of this sanctimonious Labor Party, if a person happens to be married to, or the partner of, a minister, suddenly all of that person’s affairs are to be made public. Is that what the Leader of the Opposition is proposing? Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I am proposing that you table the declarations that have been made to the cabinet secretary. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Here we go! Members opposite, please think what this will mean if the Labor Party ever gets back into government. Understand that this will now mean that every single thing will be accountable and on the public record for members’ husbands, wives and partners—every single thing. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We did not get honesty or integrity from Labor members when they were in government. We did not get anything near it—and the people of Western Australia made that judgement! I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak personally to ministers and to their partners and, if those people are in agreement, I will provide the information to the Leader of the Opposition within a week. Will that satisfy the yearnings of members opposite? Otherwise, innocent, non-political, non-involved members of the public will now be required by the opposition to provide personal information to this house. Is that what members opposite want? Is that what the Leader of the Opposition really wants? Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr M. McGowan : Yes, that is right. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If that is what the Leader of the Opposition really wants, I will ask the Cabinet Secretary to speak individually to those people. But I will not presume to table the private information of private citizens who just happen to be married to ministers of the Crown. I will speak to them individually. Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr M. McGowan : So you have no standards. This is about standards. Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I have standards; the difference is that I respect the privacy of people who happen to be married to ministers.
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