❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Minister for Agriculture and Food regarding the Potato Marketing Corporation's relocation and the disposition of proceeds from the sale of their former Cockburn Road property. The Minister initially lacks detailed information and requests the question be put on notice.
AnsweredQoN 1076Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
POTATO
MARKETING CORPORATION
1076. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Minister for Agriculture and Food:
(1) Why did the
Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia move from its traditional
location on Cockburn Road?
(2) Will the Potato Marketing
Corporation receive the proceeds from the sale of this land?
(3) If no to (2), who will receive
the proceeds and why?
MARKETING CORPORATION
1076. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Minister for Agriculture and Food:
(1) Why did the
Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia move from its traditional
location on Cockburn Road?
(2) Will the Potato Marketing
Corporation receive the proceeds from the sale of this land?
(3) If no to (2), who will receive
the proceeds and why?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
I do not have a detailed answer for the member so I ask him to put it on notice
—
Hon Ken Travers : You're kidding! You don't
even know if you're going to get the proceeds?
Hon KEN BASTON : No, I do not know whether the corporation
will get the proceeds but it moved because it wanted a bigger space.
Hon Ken Travers : No, they moved because of unacceptable
health risks from asbestos and maintenance problems.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Members, you cannot answer your own
question in this place.
Hon Ken Travers : Ministers can't.
The PRESIDENT : Order! As I said before, members might not
like an answer to a question—they might not even agree with it—but
they have to hear it.
Hon KEN BASTON : I ask the member to put the question on
notice so he can receive accurate details. I would hate to mislead the
Parliament with anything that I say.
I do not have a detailed answer for the member so I ask him to put it on notice
—
Hon Ken Travers : You're kidding! You don't
even know if you're going to get the proceeds?
Hon KEN BASTON : No, I do not know whether the corporation
will get the proceeds but it moved because it wanted a bigger space.
Hon Ken Travers : No, they moved because of unacceptable
health risks from asbestos and maintenance problems.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Members, you cannot answer your own
question in this place.
Hon Ken Travers : Ministers can't.
The PRESIDENT : Order! As I said before, members might not
like an answer to a question—they might not even agree with it—but
they have to hear it.
Hon KEN BASTON : I ask the member to put the question on
notice so he can receive accurate details. I would hate to mislead the
Parliament with anything that I say.
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