❓ Hon. Norman Moore questions the Minister about redirecting the Pilbara fund to local councils due to perceived lukewarm reception. Hon. Tom Stephens defends the fund, citing support from other council members and accusing Moore of being deceptive and selective.
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I refer the minister to the press release issued by the Pilbara Regional Council dated 17 August 2004, in which the Deputy Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, Councillor Bob Neville states - Unfortunately, I cannot see that Pilbara local governments have a great deal to directly gain from the Fund. He was referring to the Government’s $20 million Pilbara fund. In view of the cool response given to the Pilbara fund by the Pilbara Regional Council - that is its description, not mine - will the Government redirect its funding away from state government agencies and towards the councils to assist them deliver better services; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
In view of the cool response given to the Pilbara fund by the Pilbara Regional Council - that is its description, not mine - will the Government redirect its funding away from state government agencies and towards the councils to assist them deliver better services; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . .
Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order!
In view of the cool response given to the Pilbara fund by the Pilbara Regional Council - that is its description, not mine - will the Government redirect its funding away from state government agencies and towards the councils to assist them deliver better services; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
I welcome this question from the Leader of the Opposition. I was with the Premier in Karratha in the company of my colleague Hon Fred Riebeling, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. On that occasion the Premier was also accompanied by the President of the Roebourne Shire Council. Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order, members! I ask the chorus to come to order. Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: He was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, who welcomed enthusiastically and vigorously the decision of the Government to establish a Pilbara fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Would the member agree to the proposition that he is sometimes deceptive? He is sometimes a bit too tricky. The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order! We are not in debate. The minister might like to read the answer he has. Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: On this occasion I will take up the invitation of the Leader of the Opposition and read an additional extract from the press release - . . . the Pilbara Regional Council: i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . . It is an extraordinary proposition from the Leader of the Opposition that he can be so selective. The President of the Roebourne Shire Council, as well as the Chairman of the Pilbara Regional Council, is singing the praises of the fund. Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
i) welcomes the funding package and its goal to improve health, education, recreation, culture and Government housing facilities . . .
Hon Norman Moore interjected. Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Yes. He is the federal Labor candidate for Kalgoorlie. He is soon likely to beat your mate, is he not? The member is in strife. He is led by a national leader who has just won a gold medal for lying. I am talking about the Prime Minister of Australia. The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order!
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