❓ Question regarding the Leader of the Opposition's change of stance on the Greater Bunbury Region Scheme and its potential consequences for long-term planning in the South West region. The Minister accuses the opposition leader of hypocrisy.
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Will the minister advise the grave consequences for long-term planning in the fast-growing south west region of the Leader of the Opposition’s backflip on the greater Bunbury region scheme? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for his question. I also truly thank him for his commitment to fighting for sound, long-term planning for Bunbury and the south west. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for his question. I also truly thank him for his commitment to fighting for sound, long-term planning for Bunbury and the south west. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
I thank the member for his question. I also truly thank him for his commitment to fighting for sound, long-term planning for Bunbury and the south west. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer -
The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer -
Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for his question. I also truly thank him for his commitment to fighting for sound, long-term planning for Bunbury and the south west. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
I thank the member for his question. I also truly thank him for his commitment to fighting for sound, long-term planning for Bunbury and the south west. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Mr Speaker, this is not just a backflip, this is a triple somersault with pike! The greater Bunbury region scheme was designed by the previous Government - Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: So you are not responsible! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: No, we are - Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Are you responsible or not? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: I will go through this, Mr Speaker. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It is true that if a concept takes more than five words to understand, the Leader of the National Party gets agitated. Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: Make it three! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He has the concentration span of a housefly. It sometimes takes a little more time to get a point across to him. A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
A former planning minister, Richard Lewis, with the support of the coalition, came up with the concept that just as Perth had a region scheme, the fast-growing country districts, in particular Peel and Bunbury, similarly needed one. Therefore, the coalition introduced - Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr C.J. Barnett: So it’s not your responsibility! Why do you take the pay then? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Will the Leader of the Opposition listen? The coalition introduced the concept of these region schemes. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: The Leader of the National Party will come to order! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: In 1995 the coalition started the process for the Bunbury region scheme. Guess what? We were in opposition. We supported it. We recognised that it was the right thing to do. We recognised the success of regional planning. We recognised that what regional planning had delivered for the people of Perth needed to be delivered for the people of Peel and Bunbury. Therefore, in 1996 when we went to the election, we supported the coalition. We did not say that we did not support the Bunbury region scheme; we said we did support it. In 2001 also we went to the election when the coalition was advocating the scheme and we said we supported it, as it was right. We have continued in that same vein. Now the coalition has done this triple somersault. One of the most extraordinary things is that the Leader of the Opposition was the architect of a particular component of the plan that has created the greatest constraint on privately owned land. I will quote from a media statement that he proudly issued with the then planning minister, Graham Kierath. Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms S.E. Walker: How many years ago was that? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: This was in 2000, when the Leader of the Opposition was last a minister. He said - The greater Bunbury area is moving ahead and Government has to set the guidelines to ensure this progress is not stalled. Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer - Of privately owned land - to almost 5 500 hectares . . . The Leader of the Opposition was the architect of the greatest constraint on private land under this scheme. Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Mr Barnett said the inclusion in the report of the expansion plan for the Kemerton Industrial Park recognised it as the cornerstone of development in the region. The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer -
The expansion plan takes the heavy industry core of Kemerton to 2,100 hectares but also increases the buffer -
Mr C.J. Barnett: What an absolute fool you are. What a fool is the minister. Why don’t you go down and talk to the people and see what they think of you. The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! I ask the minister to resume her seat. The minister has the right to be heard. If the minister says things the Opposition does not like, that is bad luck. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The justification for the Leader of the Opposition’s triple somersault with pike is set out in his more recent press release, which states - . . . the way in which the Labor Government had pursued the scheme had led to undue financial hardship for property owners, who were facing severe restrictions on the use of their land and a significant loss of value in their investment. What has this Government done that is different from what the former Government did? We have done two things differently: first, we have clawed back the amount of private land that is subject to rezoning; and, secondly, we have increased the level of compensation. We have given a commitment. These are empty words from an empty man who will say anything to anyone any time to get a few desperate votes. We are not going to be deterred. The member for Nedlands has some problems with her ears; we know that she has lots of problems, but she now has problems with her ears. She has problems between her ears also. She is scared that a bit of commonsense will come in. Not only is this idea going back to the drawing board - it has been under way for only nine years - but obviously the Leader of the Opposition will repaint the Sistine Chapel. He is going back to the drawing board. This is a black day for planning not only in the south west, but also for those landowners. It means that for the next 10 years they will live under the sword of Damocles because they will not know what direction the coalition is going in.
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