❓ Mr. Barnett requests access to Treasury information to calculate total revenue due to perceived lack of response from the Treasurer regarding state tax and charge increases. The Treasurer, Mr. Ripper, states the information will be available in agency budget papers and that Treasury cannot provide a total figure due to 'imponderables'.
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STATE TAXES AND CHARGES, INCREASES 172. Mr BARNETT to the Treasurer: Given that the Treasurer did not, once again, answer the question, will he give me access to the basic information from Treasury so I can calculate the total revenue and report to Parliament? Mr RIPPER
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The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
STATE TAXES AND CHARGES, INCREASES
Given that the Treasurer did not, once again, answer the question, will he give me access to the basic information from Treasury so I can calculate the total revenue and report to Parliament? Mr RIPPER replied: The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
Mr RIPPER replied: The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
STATE TAXES AND CHARGES, INCREASES
Given that the Treasurer did not, once again, answer the question, will he give me access to the basic information from Treasury so I can calculate the total revenue and report to Parliament? Mr RIPPER replied: The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
Mr RIPPER replied: The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
The information will be in agency budget papers when the budget comes down. If the Leader of the Opposition is interested in calculations, he can look at the net revenue of every agency. I have done what I promised the House I would do and that is to ask the Treasury for the information. I had to rely on the advice of the experts in Treasury and they tell me that they cannot give me a total figure because of all the imponderables. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
The SPEAKER: Order! The level of interjection during that question meant that the question lasted a few minutes longer than it should have. I ask members to refrain from interjecting.
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