❓ Mr. Logan questions the Deputy Premier about the potential impact of a proposed mining tax on employment and apprenticeships. The Deputy Premier declines to comment, stating it's a National Party policy.
AnsweredQoN 587Legislative Assembly
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MINING TAX — NATIONAL PARTY PROPOSAL
587. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Deputy Premier:
I refer to the proposal by the
Deputy Premier's partner in government, the Leader of the National
Party, to impose a $5-a-tonne tax on iron ore produced by Rio Tinto and BHP
Billiton —
Mr
V.A. Catania interjected.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : You put the proposal up.
The
SPEAKER : Member for North West, I think you are starting to get right up
there to the third strike. Do not tempt fate.
Mr
P.B. Watson interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : I ask —
(1) What effect
would this tax have on employment in the mining industry?
(2) Would this
tax result in more or fewer apprentices being hired by mining companies or on
mine construction projects?
587. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Deputy Premier:
I refer to the proposal by the
Deputy Premier's partner in government, the Leader of the National
Party, to impose a $5-a-tonne tax on iron ore produced by Rio Tinto and BHP
Billiton —
Mr
V.A. Catania interjected.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : You put the proposal up.
The
SPEAKER : Member for North West, I think you are starting to get right up
there to the third strike. Do not tempt fate.
Mr
P.B. Watson interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Albany, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : I ask —
(1) What effect
would this tax have on employment in the mining industry?
(2) Would this
tax result in more or fewer apprentices being hired by mining companies or on
mine construction projects?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I am not going to
comment on a policy position of the National Party.
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Mr Speaker, you
heard the question, as everyone else in the chamber did. I did not ask the
Deputy Premier to comment on the policy of the National Party. I asked her to
talk about the effect of that policy on something in her own portfolio. I would
like her to answer it, if she knows.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I heard that as
the member requesting me to place an opinion on the record about a National
Party policy and I am not required to do it and I am not doing it.
comment on a policy position of the National Party.
Several members interjected.
Point of Order
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Mr Speaker, you
heard the question, as everyone else in the chamber did. I did not ask the
Deputy Premier to comment on the policy of the National Party. I asked her to
talk about the effect of that policy on something in her own portfolio. I would
like her to answer it, if she knows.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY : I heard that as
the member requesting me to place an opinion on the record about a National
Party policy and I am not required to do it and I am not doing it.
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