❓ The question asks about the whereabouts of the Minister for Regional Development and whether issues will be raised with him upon his return. The answer confirms the minister is on family holiday and defends his work ethic, while also attacking the opposition.
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NATIONAL PARTY MEMBERS — LOBBYING BY IAN CAMPBELL
I have a supplementary question. Where is the Minister for Regional Development and will the minister be raising these issues with him on his return? Mr T.K. WALDRON
I have a supplementary question. Where is the Minister for Regional Development and will the minister be raising these issues with him on his return? Mr T.K. WALDRON
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As the member for Rockingham well knows, the minister is on a family holiday. All those details are known; we have been through that this week. The minister is entitled to go on that family holiday. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON replied: As the member for Rockingham well knows, the minister is on a family holiday. All those details are known; we have been through that this week. The minister is entitled to go on that family holiday. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
As the member for Rockingham well knows, the minister is on a family holiday. All those details are known; we have been through that this week. The minister is entitled to go on that family holiday. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON replied: As the member for Rockingham well knows, the minister is on a family holiday. All those details are known; we have been through that this week. The minister is entitled to go on that family holiday. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
As the member for Rockingham well knows, the minister is on a family holiday. All those details are known; we have been through that this week. The minister is entitled to go on that family holiday. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
The SPEAKER : The member for Rockingham has asked a question, and followed that with a supplementary question. I believe the minister is endeavouring to answer it. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I work very closely with the member for Central Wheatbelt, the Minister for Regional Development. Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr M. McGowan : Where is he exactly? Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : If the member lets me respond, I will answer the question. I can say unreservedly that I know how hard the minister works. More importantly — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
The SPEAKER : It would seem that some members in this place do not want to hear the answer to your question, member for Rockingham. I want to hear the answer. Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : The member for Rockingham is right; it probably does not matter what I think or say. I know how hard the minister works and how dedicated he is. The most important thing is that the people of Western Australia know how hard Brendon Grylls works, and about the work that he does. Members opposite are jealous because they know what he has done for Western Australia, particularly for regional Western Australia, and so do the people of Western Australia. Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr M.P. Murray interjected. Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
Mr T.K. WALDRON : I can tell the member for Collie–Preston that the minister has done more in one year for the South West than the member has done in the whole time he has been a member. I am very proud of what Hon Brendon Grylls does, as are all Western Australians. The minister will continue to do that. Every member in this place has a right to have a holiday with their family.
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