❓ Mr. Wyatt (Opposition) requests a mini-budget outlining government spending and debt repayment. Mr. Buswell (Treasurer) dismisses the request, accusing the opposition of lacking a coherent economic plan and having a 'mini-budget fixation'.
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STATE BUDGET — DEBT REDUCTION
I have a supplementary question. The second part of the previous question was about whether the Treasurer would now bring into this Parliament, after the August recess, a mini-budget containing all government spending commitments as well as the debt repayment plan. Mr T.R. BUSWELL
I have a supplementary question. The second part of the previous question was about whether the Treasurer would now bring into this Parliament, after the August recess, a mini-budget containing all government spending commitments as well as the debt repayment plan. Mr T.R. BUSWELL
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The member for Victoria Park has what I would term a mini-budget fixation. Last year, before Christmas, he was quoted in the media demanding that the government bring down a mini-budget. Has he got nothing else to do? We have just brought down a budget, and the member wants another mini-budget. Members opposite should get themselves a new agenda. I told them before that they are all flag and no pole. Why do not the member and the Leader of the Opposition put their heads together and come up with a consistent approach to what they would do to protect Western Australian jobs? So far all we have seen is three flimsy pages of committees and reviews.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: The member for Victoria Park has what I would term a mini-budget fixation. Last year, before Christmas, he was quoted in the media demanding that the government bring down a mini-budget. Has he got nothing else to do? We have just brought down a budget, and the member wants another mini-budget. Members opposite should get themselves a new agenda. I told them before that they are all flag and no pole. Why do not the member and the Leader of the Opposition put their heads together and come up with a consistent approach to what they would do to protect Western Australian jobs? So far all we have seen is three flimsy pages of committees and reviews.
The member for Victoria Park has what I would term a mini-budget fixation. Last year, before Christmas, he was quoted in the media demanding that the government bring down a mini-budget. Has he got nothing else to do? We have just brought down a budget, and the member wants another mini-budget. Members opposite should get themselves a new agenda. I told them before that they are all flag and no pole. Why do not the member and the Leader of the Opposition put their heads together and come up with a consistent approach to what they would do to protect Western Australian jobs? So far all we have seen is three flimsy pages of committees and reviews.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL replied: The member for Victoria Park has what I would term a mini-budget fixation. Last year, before Christmas, he was quoted in the media demanding that the government bring down a mini-budget. Has he got nothing else to do? We have just brought down a budget, and the member wants another mini-budget. Members opposite should get themselves a new agenda. I told them before that they are all flag and no pole. Why do not the member and the Leader of the Opposition put their heads together and come up with a consistent approach to what they would do to protect Western Australian jobs? So far all we have seen is three flimsy pages of committees and reviews.
The member for Victoria Park has what I would term a mini-budget fixation. Last year, before Christmas, he was quoted in the media demanding that the government bring down a mini-budget. Has he got nothing else to do? We have just brought down a budget, and the member wants another mini-budget. Members opposite should get themselves a new agenda. I told them before that they are all flag and no pole. Why do not the member and the Leader of the Opposition put their heads together and come up with a consistent approach to what they would do to protect Western Australian jobs? So far all we have seen is three flimsy pages of committees and reviews.
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