❓ Mr Rundle questions the Premier on the Agriculture Minister's failure to establish a facility in the Northern Territory for skilled agricultural workers, leading to a heated response from the Premier accusing the opposition of politicising COVID and internal party issues.
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QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — SKILLED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS —BLADIN
VILLAGE, NORTHERN TERRITORY
473. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier is well aware that the commonwealth was open to the Bladin Village
proposition. Is the Premier disappointed that his ag minister has not been able
to deliver a solution after 18 months?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Premier in response, please.
VILLAGE, NORTHERN TERRITORY
473. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier is well aware that the commonwealth was open to the Bladin Village
proposition. Is the Premier disappointed that his ag minister has not been able
to deliver a solution after 18 months?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Premier in response, please.
AnswerView source ↗
The member is asking me whether I am
disappointed in the state agriculture minister for not setting up a facility in the Northern Territory to bring in people
controlled by the commonwealth government. That is the crux of the
member's question. Does the member for Roe understand how stupid that
sounds? Here the Liberal and National Parties are again trying to politicise
our response to COVID—the friends of ''The Clan'' over
there.
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Sorry; member for
Cottesloe, you haven't asked this question. It was asked by the member
for Roe.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : The Leader of the
Liberal Party, who the leaders of ''The Clan'' described as an
embarrassment, has the temerity to
even open his mouth in here rather than dealing with the issues in his own
party that he is too weak to deal
with. Why does he not deal with Mr Collier and Mr Goiran, rather than coming in
here and saying something ? Why does
he not go up there and deal with the people who are his puppetmasters? That is
what he needs to do. You are not a leader's
bootlace, my friend. A leader of a political party that wants to be in government
needs to deal with those sorts of issues and the member does not have
the courage or ability to do so.
disappointed in the state agriculture minister for not setting up a facility in the Northern Territory to bring in people
controlled by the commonwealth government. That is the crux of the
member's question. Does the member for Roe understand how stupid that
sounds? Here the Liberal and National Parties are again trying to politicise
our response to COVID—the friends of ''The Clan'' over
there.
Dr D.J. Honey interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Sorry; member for
Cottesloe, you haven't asked this question. It was asked by the member
for Roe.
Mr
M. McGOWAN : The Leader of the
Liberal Party, who the leaders of ''The Clan'' described as an
embarrassment, has the temerity to
even open his mouth in here rather than dealing with the issues in his own
party that he is too weak to deal
with. Why does he not deal with Mr Collier and Mr Goiran, rather than coming in
here and saying something ? Why does
he not go up there and deal with the people who are his puppetmasters? That is
what he needs to do. You are not a leader's
bootlace, my friend. A leader of a political party that wants to be in government
needs to deal with those sorts of issues and the member does not have
the courage or ability to do so.
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