❓ Question regarding the WA state government's financial liabilities related to the Oakajee Port project if it doesn't proceed. The Premier's answer focuses on the option to buy intellectual property, but avoids detailing all potential liabilities.
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OAKAJEE PORT — COST BLOW-OUTS
I have a supplementary question. As the Premier completely failed to answer my question about the state’s obligation to pay $78 million to the Oakajee proponents, will he now outline all of the financial liabilities that he has agreed the state will take on should this project not proceed? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. As the Premier completely failed to answer my question about the state’s obligation to pay $78 million to the Oakajee proponents, will he now outline all of the financial liabilities that he has agreed the state will take on should this project not proceed? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I said last week that if the project with the current proponents does not go ahead in its existing form, the state has an option under the development agreement to buy the intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I said last week that if the project with the current proponents does not go ahead in its existing form, the state has an option under the development agreement to buy the intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
I said last week that if the project with the current proponents does not go ahead in its existing form, the state has an option under the development agreement to buy the intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I said last week that if the project with the current proponents does not go ahead in its existing form, the state has an option under the development agreement to buy the intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
I said last week that if the project with the current proponents does not go ahead in its existing form, the state has an option under the development agreement to buy the intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the state’s only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The state has an option — Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is the important point. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should ask another question if he wants to! Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I have asked that question and you’re not answering it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition has not given me a chance. His manners are just appalling! It is very bad. Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Quite sensibly, the state has an option to buy the intellectual property. What is the intellectual property? It is the design of the port. If the design of the port is complete and we choose to buy that, we can. That is an option; it is a protection for the state’s interest. Members should bear in mind that the state, through the good offices of the Department of State Development, the Department of Transport and others, contributes to the development of that intellectual property. Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is that the only obligation? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members will find — Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’re not good on the detail, are you, Premier? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Not like the member for Girrawheen—she was terrific on the detail! Remember those prison vans? Talk about good detail! The member was so bad on detail, she ignored advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question; come on! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will come back to the issue. With Oakajee, we have a state development agreement that is a working document as it heads towards what I hope is a final agreement. Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I am trying to, but the Leader of the Opposition is so poorly mannered. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are dodging the question! Answer the question! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will sit down. The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
The SPEAKER : I am interested to hear the Premier’s answer to your question, Leader of the Opposition, but if you consistently interject on the Premier, we are not going to get that answer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : We have an option of buying the intellectual property. I hope it does not come to that, but, if it does, that decision will be taken rationally. If the project reaches a conclusion with all its financing and other arrangements by the end of this year, as I trust it will, a state agreement act will come to Parliament and members opposite will have all the information at that time.
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