❓ Question regarding confidence in the Minister's assurances about emergency services preparedness, given past statements. The Minister defends the government's record and accuses the opposition of corruption.
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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY — CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER — COMMENT
I have a supplementary question. The member for Scarborough has been away for a while and has forgotten about this. How can we accept assurances from the minister now when those given by the Premier two years ago were so clearly ill-informed and naive? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I have a supplementary question. The member for Scarborough has been away for a while and has forgotten about this. How can we accept assurances from the minister now when those given by the Premier two years ago were so clearly ill-informed and naive? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
How can we accept assurances from the minister now when those given by the Premier two years ago were so clearly ill-informed and naive? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
How can we accept assurances from the minister now when those given by the Premier two years ago were so clearly ill-informed and naive? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
The member for Girrawheen has very little faith in me or anybody on this side of the house. She has faith only in her colleagues who sit alongside her. Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr C.J. Barnett : She is a poor judge! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : She is a very poor judge of character; I have said that many times. Where have we seen the problems over a long time? We have seen enormous problems involving the Corruption and Crime Commission and members from the ranks of the member for Girrawheen’s party; we have not seen that from members on this side of the house. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by the comments that the Premier made two years ago. I think that is what the member talked about. Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Yes. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I stand by those comments and I endorse them. We were well prepared at that stage. We have always been pretty well prepared for fighting the bushfires season—both DEC and FESA. They are both very expert organisations for fighting bushfires. They are very good, but we can always do better. Agencies can always do better, and that was highlighted by the Keelty report. That is why — Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : Why was Wayne Gregson gobsmacked? Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : The member would have to ask him that. Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Ms M.M. Quirk : You’ve given him his riding instructions. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not know why he was gobsmacked. Perhaps the member had better ask him that at the next function she goes to.
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