❓ Question regarding extended retail trading hours in Perth, particularly in the lead-up to Christmas, and the government's progress in providing more shopping choices. The Minister's answer details extended hours, regional approvals, and criticises the opposition's stance.
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RETAIL TRADING HOURS
Mr Speaker — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
Mr Speaker — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Member for Kingsley, take a seat. Member for Pilbara, I am going to call you formally for the first time. Member for Bassendean, I call you formally for the second time. Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Ms A.R. MITCHELL : As we head towards the busy pre-Christmas trading period, can the minister please inform the house about the extended trading hours that shoppers will enjoy leading up to Christmas and, more importantly, the progress that this government is making to give people more choices as to when and where they can shop in metropolitan Perth over the long term? Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
I thank the member for the question. It is a very interesting and topical question, and, as the Premier said, a good quality question. A gold star to the member for that one today! We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
We are slowly, as I am sure the house is now aware, making progress in delivering a twenty-first century retail environment for the people of Western Australia. We are not without handbrakes on progress here in the metropolitan area by those of course residing opposite us in the house. I thought it would be good to give members an update on what we have done in recent months. Firstly, a number of regional local governments have applied for extended shopping hours—for example, Bunbury, Harvey and a couple of others. Of course, we have approved those. They are great reforms. In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
In terms of Christmas shopping hours, I can inform the house that we have extended the range and variety of Christmas shopping hours available to people in the metropolitan area despite the best efforts of the Grinches opposite. What will we see? During December, there will be Sunday trading across the metropolitan area from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm. From 14 December until 30 December, there will be pre-Christmas weeknight trading from 8.00 am until 9.00 pm. So, there will be extended pre-Christmas weeknight trading in the metropolitan area, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when the shops will shut at 6.00 pm. I am pretty sure the Premier will avail himself of an opportunity to open the doors at Myer, or one of those other shops the Premier goes to, to allow people to enjoy a true Boxing Day sale in Perth. There has been a lot of innovation around Christmas trading. Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Last night in this house, at long last, we introduced and passed the Retail Trading Hours Amendment (Joondalup Special Trading Precinct) Bill. It was introduced by this government and it will be put into practice by this government, as was acknowledged by every member in this house. The people of Joondalup at some stage early next year will have access to extended trading hours. For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
For the Perth shopping precinct changes, the regulations will be tabled tomorrow! From 1 January 2010, people in Perth will enjoy expanded shopping hours and an expanded footprint. There is still more to do. Next week I am going with the member for Fremantle to meet the mayor and the CEO of the City of Fremantle. We will look at how we need to change the footprint of Fremantle, because I am sure, they being freed of the shackles of Labor, are happy to embrace some change to and reform of retail trading. Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Over the break we will be consulting with mayors and local governments—it may even be in the electorates of Midland and Armadale—to see what we can do to satisfy the demands of local members for extended trading. Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Shopping at night and on a Sunday—I hope not! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : I do not know, Premier; but we will be talking to them. There is still one unanswered question. The Leader of the Opposition knows what it is. We will be back here next year to seek an answer to that question from the Labor Party; that is, will the opposition allow the vast bulk of people in the metropolitan area the opportunity to have extended weeknight trading? Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Bring it on at seven o’clock tomorrow, if you want to! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : It is a good question, Leader of the Opposition. How will he explain to the good folk of Belmont that they cannot go shopping at Belmont City at 6.05 pm but they can travel five kilometres down the road to Midland to do the same thing? How will the Leader of the Opposition explain that? Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : I will say that it is because the government took that action. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn? Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We will blame you! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : How will the member for Cockburn explain to the good folk of Cockburn that they can go up to Fremantle to shop? They can drive to Armadale to shop but their member will not let them shop in Cockburn! How will the member for Armadale explain it to the people who live in and around her electorate that it is good enough for the people of Armadale — Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : I set it out in great detail last night. Did the minister not listen? Does he not understand it? He asked the question. Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : But the rest of the electorate of Canning cannot go shopping! She is denying them! She is nasty to them! She does not like them! We are going to tell Don about that. He will follow her around the electorate. Our Donald is going to follow the member around down there. Don is free market—I hope he is; I do not know! You never know with Don, Mr Speaker! I was going to give him a call but he has been pretty busy the past couple of days! I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
I will finish with the member for Kwinana. How will the member for Kwinana explain to the folk of Kwinana that they cannot go to the Hub, but if they drive up to Fremantle or shoot over to Armadale, they can go shopping after six o’clock on weeknights? This is a ridiculous situation. We will be back here next year to insist that the opposition support us in providing decent reform of shopping hours for the people of Western Australia.
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