❓ A member of parliament questions the criteria for compensation payments to Cooloongup businesses affected by the Perth to Mandurah railway construction. The minister deflects, stating it's not his portfolio and suggests the question be directed to the appropriate minister.
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COOLOONGUP BUSINESSES - COMPENSATION
I refer to the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars compensation to Cooloongup small business owners for losses caused by the roadworks for the Perth to Mandurah railway. (1) What specific criteria were used to determine compensation payments for this group of Cooloongup businesses? (2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
I refer to the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars compensation to Cooloongup small business owners for losses caused by the roadworks for the Perth to Mandurah railway. (1) What specific criteria were used to determine compensation payments for this group of Cooloongup businesses? (2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
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I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
(1) What specific criteria were used to determine compensation payments for this group of Cooloongup businesses? (2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
(2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
(1) What specific criteria were used to determine compensation payments for this group of Cooloongup businesses? (2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
(2) Will the same criteria be applied to other businesses that have suffered a loss of profit or other monetary damages as a consequence of the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway line; and, if not, why not? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
I have a mountain of information to give the shadow minister, but I must say from the outset that it is not my portfolio. The member may like - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
The SPEAKER : I know the member for Vasse wants to comment on everything, but it is not his turn. I call him to order for the first time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You made the announcement today. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will answer the member’s question. I have made a comment on it because it affects people in my electorate. However, the question needs to be put to the correct minister. The member knows who the correct minister is. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You can slide out of that one. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I will tell the member what we will do. At the end of question time, the member should think about how she could best address the question to me, because I have an answer that she will like. The member should just think about it. In the meantime, she might like to let one of her colleagues ask a question, rewrite her question and ask it of the correct minister.
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