❓ Opposition questions the Treasurer about the lack of funding for the Great Eastern Highway upgrade despite a budget surplus. The Treasurer defends the government's infrastructure investment strategy, prioritising projects based on state-wide needs, not electorate favouritism.
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My question is addressed to the Treasurer and member for Belmont. I refer to a letter from the director of technical services at the City of Belmont dated 13 September 2005 to owner-occupiers of premises along Great Eastern Highway. The letter states - The upgrading of Great Eastern Highway from Graham Farmer Freeway east to the Great Eastern Highway Bypass was supposed to commence in 2001 following the completion of the Graham Farmer Freeway, however, despite government assurances and pressure from the City, the upgrading of Great Eastern Highway is still not on Main Roads WA forward plans. The City has sought support from the local member and Deputy Premier, Mr Eric Ripper, for the upgrade of this road. Why, after four and a half years in office, and after having recently announced a record $1.5 billion budget surplus, has the Treasurer, as Treasurer, not made a financial commitment to upgrade this important transport link that serves as the entry statement to Perth from Perth airport? Point of Order Mr E.S. RIPPER : Mr Speaker, I think I have been asked this question in my capacity as member for Belmont. While I am happy as member for Belmont to answer any question that my constituents may have, I do not think the role of Treasurer can be interpreted as requiring me to answer questions on every one of my colleagues’ portfolios. This question relates to, in fact, the portfolio of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. Mr M.J. BIRNEY : The question asks why the Treasurer, as Treasurer, has not allocated the money. Clearly it comes within the Treasurer’s portfolio. The SPEAKER : Order! It is within the capacity of the Treasurer to answer the question in relation to any applications for funding for that particular road that may have come to him as the Treasurer rather than as the local member. The Treasurer may say, for instance, that he has not had an application. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The City has sought support from the local member and Deputy Premier, Mr Eric Ripper, for the upgrade of this road.
Mr M.J. BIRNEY : The question asks why the Treasurer, as Treasurer, has not allocated the money. Clearly it comes within the Treasurer’s portfolio. The SPEAKER : Order! It is within the capacity of the Treasurer to answer the question in relation to any applications for funding for that particular road that may have come to him as the Treasurer rather than as the local member. The Treasurer may say, for instance, that he has not had an application. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! It is within the capacity of the Treasurer to answer the question in relation to any applications for funding for that particular road that may have come to him as the Treasurer rather than as the local member. The Treasurer may say, for instance, that he has not had an application. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The City has sought support from the local member and Deputy Premier, Mr Eric Ripper, for the upgrade of this road.
Mr M.J. BIRNEY : The question asks why the Treasurer, as Treasurer, has not allocated the money. Clearly it comes within the Treasurer’s portfolio. The SPEAKER : Order! It is within the capacity of the Treasurer to answer the question in relation to any applications for funding for that particular road that may have come to him as the Treasurer rather than as the local member. The Treasurer may say, for instance, that he has not had an application. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! It is within the capacity of the Treasurer to answer the question in relation to any applications for funding for that particular road that may have come to him as the Treasurer rather than as the local member. The Treasurer may say, for instance, that he has not had an application. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
I fear that I will be on my feet for most of question time, because the opposition may well decide to ask me a question about each one of my colleagues’ portfolios. However, I will say this. We have a $15.8 billion capital works program over the next four years. We are building roads from one end of the state to the other. We are expanding ports from one end of the state to the other. We are putting $2.2 billion into our electricity network. We are spending more than $700 million on our water system this financial year alone. We are proud of our commitment to investment in infrastructure in Western Australia. When we make our decisions on investment in infrastructure, we do not just say well, that electorate happens to be the Treasurer’s electorate, so we will give that favouritism over some other electorate in which the economic need may be greater. We make a judgment on what is in the overall interests of the state. The fact is that there is an argument for the widening and upgrading of Great Eastern Highway. There is also an argument for investment in roads in the south west and for investment in roads in the Pilbara. There is an argument for investment in roads, in ports, in the water supply and in the electricity network. This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
This government is not like the opposition; this government does not deny that choices must be made. It does not support, on the one hand, every infrastructure proposal and, on the other hand, a reduction in taxes and a reduction in debt. We know that difficult choices must be made. Although that project is worthy, it is not yet high enough on the priority list to get the government’s support. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Several members interjected. Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr J.N. Hyde interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Yes. The implication of the question is that if the Leader of the Opposition were the Treasurer, all the capital works program would be spent in the electorate of Kalgoorlie - or maybe it would be spent in South Perth. The short answer to the question is: we do not choose between good and bad projects when we are preparing the budget. Most of the projects that come before us are worthy. We choose between the most worthy and those that are slightly less worthy. We are prepared to make the difficult choices; the opposition is not. Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
Mr T.R. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. I thought I had made the right decision; the Treasurer could answer the question.
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