❓ The WA Premier deflects responsibility for a compensation payment to Mr. Ken Bates, asserting the independence of the Public Sector Commissioner and criticising the previous Labor government's record on propriety. The exchange becomes heated with interjections and accusations.
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MR KEN BATES — COMPENSATION PAYMENT
I have a supplementary question. Does the Premier regard this as a satisfactory and appropriate outcome or does he not? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Does the Premier regard this as a satisfactory and appropriate outcome or does he not? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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If I were to say yes to that, that would imply that I was prepared to influence the Public Sector Commissioner in that determination, and I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: If I were to say yes to that, that would imply that I was prepared to influence the Public Sector Commissioner in that determination, and I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
If I were to say yes to that, that would imply that I was prepared to influence the Public Sector Commissioner in that determination, and I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: If I were to say yes to that, that would imply that I was prepared to influence the Public Sector Commissioner in that determination, and I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
If I were to say yes to that, that would imply that I was prepared to influence the Public Sector Commissioner in that determination, and I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You’re the Premier, you’re responsible. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, I am not. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are the minister responsible for public sector management. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Therefore, by implication, the Leader of the Opposition—who could not grasp propriety in seven years in government nor could the Labor Party grasp that simple concept of propriety—is now suggesting that as Premier I should interfere between the Public Sector Commissioner and the payment of a payout and entitlement to an employee. The Leader of the Opposition is suggesting that I should personally interfere in that. Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you think the system has worked properly? Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It does not really matter what I think; it would be improper for me to interfere. Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : Just asking you to comment; make an observation. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Make an observation! Yes, let us have a chat; shall we? This is meant to be a question to the Parliament about a legal entitlement to an employee of the public sector. Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : Do you think this is right? Is it right or wrong? The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has asked a supplementary question. I expect that members on his side would like to hear the answer from the Premier. That is what I want to hear. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, whether or not I think it is a good thing, it was a large amount of money. Obviously, I thought it was a large amount of money, given some of the history. Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr R.H. Cook : It was the maximum. Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : It was the entitlement and it was determined by the Public Sector Commissioner. I can see smiles from members opposite who took a lot of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Mr Marmion; you can see him! Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : A great deal of money from the public service. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Have you got a mirror? You can see the member for Nedlands. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite may well question propriety. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The one thing the Labor Party cannot come to grips with is propriety, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : Members! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I formally call to order for the first time the members for Mindarie, Armadale, Kwinana and Rockingham. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Because of the appalling record of the previous government and because of this government’s and my commitment to propriety in government, one of the first decisions we as a government took was to separate the role of the head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet from the Public Sector Commission and establish a Public Sector Commissioner to be in every respect the head and arbiter of public sector issues. That is the Westminster tradition and it has been put back in place by this government. Had the previous government done that, it would not have got into the horrible mess that it got into repeatedly, year in, year out, during its disastrous period of government that damaged the reputation of this state. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Do members opposite know what the biggest change in Western Australia is now? Do you, Mr Speaker, know what the biggest change in Western Australia has been over the past 12 months? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at them; they are on cue. Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
Mr Speaker, the biggest change in Western Australia for the people of this state in the past 12 months is that people are again proud to be Western Australians.
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