❓ Premier Gallop avoids directly answering the question about legal advice regarding the Mauds Landing development decision, instead focusing on questioning the Opposition's transparency and the source of their legal advice. He uses the opportunity to acknowledge a local business.
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I refer to the question asked yesterday on the legal advice sought by the Opposition concerning the Government’s decision not to approve the proposed resort and marina development at Mauds Landing. Has any more information come to light on this matter? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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I believe that the question should have referred to legal advice used by the Opposition. I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I believe that the question should have referred to legal advice used by the Opposition. I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
I believe that the question should have referred to legal advice used by the Opposition. I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
[Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I believe that the question should have referred to legal advice used by the Opposition. I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
I believe that the question should have referred to legal advice used by the Opposition. I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
I take this opportunity to acknowledge in the gallery representatives from Footwear Industries Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company that won the Telstra Australian Small Business of the Year award. Congratulations. [Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
[Applause.] Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: This is a very interesting and important issue in terms of accountability in Western Australia today. The Government of Western Australia made a very important decision to reject a proposed marina and resort development at Mauds Landing, adjacent to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Ningaloo Reef, because it had the potential to undermine one of the most important environmental icons in Western Australia. Hon Norman Moore has claimed in the Legislative Council that he has legal advice to indicate that the decision-making processes were not followed properly. This is an important issue that goes to the way in which the Opposition is operating in Western Australia today. There are two options: either Hon Norman Moore put that advice together with his colleagues in the Liberal Party and is now parading it as independent legal advice, or somebody else commissioned and paid for the advice that is being used by the Liberal Party in the discussion and debate that is going on in this Parliament. Whichever way one looks at it, the people of Western Australia deserve an answer to the question of who paid for and commissioned that legal advice. It is interesting that two people are responsible for providing an answer to this question. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Mr M.F. Board: How do you know it is legal advice? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Because Hon Norman Moore told us that it is. Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Several members interjected. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Either the Liberal Party is engaged in a process of concealing the fact that this legal advice is really just a concoction from within its own circles, or it had someone else pay for what it is now using in the Parliament. Whatever is the case, the Liberal Party must provide an answer to that question. The Government does not have this information. Either Hon Norman Moore will provide it or the Leader of the Opposition will accept his responsibility and indicate to the people of Western Australia where it came from. Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I haven’t got it. I have never seen it. Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: That is very strange. Do members know where reference is made to this legal advice? It is on the web site of the Leader of the Opposition. However, he says he does not know anything about it. I will get to the nub of the issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party be accountable to the people of Western Australia? It is about time that the Opposition answered this question. It is an important question. It deserves an answer. We are still waiting to hear that answer.
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