❓ Opposition Leader Barnett questions Premier Gallop on the validity of Labor's election promises, citing failures related to finance brokers and a health minister's retracted statement. Gallop defends his government's record and accuses Barnett of hypocrisy.
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LABOR’S ELECTION PROMISES, FAILURE TO HONOUR 95. Mr BARNETT to the Premier: Given the Attorney General’s failure to honour promises made to investors caught up in problems with the finance broking industry, and given that the health minister yesterday dismissed as “not an endorsed” promise a commitment in an authorised ALP document signed by the Premier, how can the people of Western Australia know when a Labor Party promise is a real promise? Dr GALLOP
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The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
LABOR’S ELECTION PROMISES, FAILURE TO HONOUR
Given the Attorney General’s failure to honour promises made to investors caught up in problems with the finance broking industry, and given that the health minister yesterday dismissed as “not an endorsed” promise a commitment in an authorised ALP document signed by the Premier, how can the people of Western Australia know when a Labor Party promise is a real promise? Dr GALLOP replied: The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP replied: The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
LABOR’S ELECTION PROMISES, FAILURE TO HONOUR
Given the Attorney General’s failure to honour promises made to investors caught up in problems with the finance broking industry, and given that the health minister yesterday dismissed as “not an endorsed” promise a commitment in an authorised ALP document signed by the Premier, how can the people of Western Australia know when a Labor Party promise is a real promise? Dr GALLOP replied: The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP replied: The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
The assumption behind the first part of the question by the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. We have carried out all the promises we gave on the finance brokers crisis. On the second part of the question, the honourable Minister for Health - I emphasise “honourable” - made a mistake yesterday and immediately corrected it in the Parliament. Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: He blamed his staff. Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: He also apologised to the House for his mistake. We all make mistakes. In fact, I am looking at the member for Murdoch. Will the Leader of the Opposition discipline the member for Murdoch, who said in a question in this House yesterday that during the election campaign we committed to employing 400 extra nurses? That is incorrect, and I am sure the member will apologise for making that mistake. The standards on this side of the House are there for all to see. These are the standards - Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: When is a promise a promise? Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: The Minister for Health made a mistake and immediately corrected it and apologised to the House. The Attorney General fronted a meeting of all the people interested in this issue and explained the position of the Government and how it is carrying out its promises. The standards that apply in this Parliament are very important and we should correct our mistakes. The real culprit in the matter of making mistakes in Parliament and not correcting them, of course, is the captain of the ship of misery, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Speaker, I refer you to the statement made by the Leader of the Opposition in this Parliament in the first sitting week; that is, that he had not said that the former member for Geraldton, Bob Bloffwitch, would be in the Cabinet before too long. Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: That is correct. Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: That seriously impugned the integrity of The Geraldton Guardian , which ran the story, as it was demonstrated to be an incorrect statement. When will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to this House and to The Geraldton Guardian for the statements he made, which are clearly incorrect? Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Mr Barnett: When is a Labor promise worth the paper it is written on? Never! Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
Dr GALLOP: The enforcement of the standards in Parliament is coming from this side of the House. The lack of standards and the contempt for Parliament is coming from that side of the House.
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