❓ Question on uranium mining policy in WA following a change in federal Labor policy. The Premier's response is largely unrelated, focusing on internal political disputes and personal attacks, but ultimately reaffirms the WA Labor government's opposition to uranium mining.
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URANIUM MINING POLICY
Federal Labor formed government this week with a new uranium mining policy, which scraps the party’s previous three-mines policy. In light of the change in Canberra, will the Premier consider changing or at least reviewing Western Australia’s stance? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Federal Labor formed government this week with a new uranium mining policy, which scraps the party’s previous three-mines policy. In light of the change in Canberra, will the Premier consider changing or at least reviewing Western Australia’s stance? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Murchison-Eyre for the question. I reiterate what I said earlier in answer to another question about the member for Murchison-Eyre. At least he has the integrity and moral strength to say the right thing and tell the truth when he is confronted with this fabrication that is being mounted by Brian Burke and the people who are working for him. I appreciate that, and I think that most people would. He has had a very difficult year as a member. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Murchison-Eyre for the question. I reiterate what I said earlier in answer to another question about the member for Murchison-Eyre. At least he has the integrity and moral strength to say the right thing and tell the truth when he is confronted with this fabrication that is being mounted by Brian Burke and the people who are working for him. I appreciate that, and I think that most people would. He has had a very difficult year as a member. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
I thank the member for Murchison-Eyre for the question. I reiterate what I said earlier in answer to another question about the member for Murchison-Eyre. At least he has the integrity and moral strength to say the right thing and tell the truth when he is confronted with this fabrication that is being mounted by Brian Burke and the people who are working for him. I appreciate that, and I think that most people would. He has had a very difficult year as a member. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Murchison-Eyre for the question. I reiterate what I said earlier in answer to another question about the member for Murchison-Eyre. At least he has the integrity and moral strength to say the right thing and tell the truth when he is confronted with this fabrication that is being mounted by Brian Burke and the people who are working for him. I appreciate that, and I think that most people would. He has had a very difficult year as a member. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
I thank the member for Murchison-Eyre for the question. I reiterate what I said earlier in answer to another question about the member for Murchison-Eyre. At least he has the integrity and moral strength to say the right thing and tell the truth when he is confronted with this fabrication that is being mounted by Brian Burke and the people who are working for him. I appreciate that, and I think that most people would. He has had a very difficult year as a member. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Whose fault was that? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Murdoch will go far. Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : Further than you, I reckon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Another contender! The member for Murchison-Eyre has had a very difficult year. He has resisted what has clearly overtaken some other people; that is, the descent into bitterness and penchant for dishonesty. Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr M.J. Birney : Why are you being so nice to him? You’re worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Absolutely not. Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr M.J. Birney : You are worried about what he might say. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Kalgoorlie to order for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Kalgoorlie has sparked back into life because there is a little glint, a window of opportunity. It could be that he might team up again with the most deceitful person who has ever walked into the Parliament to try to resurrect his career. I remind him of the old Indian proverb about the man - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is an outrageous and inappropriate comment to make - to describe someone as the most deceitful person ever to walk into Parliament. It is clearly unparliamentary. The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
The SPEAKER : I would agree absolutely with that statement, except the Premier did not identify who he was referring to. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will tell members of the Native American story about the Indian warrior who was in the high parts of the mountains and came across a snake dying from the cold. The snake said, “Please, put me inside your jacket” - the member for Kalgoorlie should remember this - “and carry me down to a warmer place so that I might not die.” The Indian said, “You’ll kill me, you’ll bite me.” The snake said, “No, I promise that I won’t.” The warrior picked up the snake, put him inside his jacket and set off down the hill. As the snake warmed up, it bit the warrior on the chest. As the warrior died, he said, “But you promised you wouldn’t bite me.” The snake said, “But I’m a snake.” The member for Kalgoorlie should bear that in mind when he is doing his negotiating. Once a snake, always a snake! If one is a snake, one is a snake. Or as the former member for Cockburn used to say, serpentine fauna in herbaceous flora - snake in the grass. The member for Kalgoorlie should beware; he knows a snake when he sees one. In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
In answer to the member for Murchison-Eyre’s question, I made it quite clear in the prelude to the federal election that the position of the Western Australian Labor Party and the state government is that we would not support uranium mining in this state, and it will not take place whilst I am the Premier.
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