❓ Opposition Leader Barnett questions Premier Gallop about tourism funding, criticising the government's approach and cuts to destination marketing. Gallop defends the government's whole-of-government strategy and investments in infrastructure and skills.
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My question relates to tourism, but there is no point asking the Minister for Tourism. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT: Given his previous answer, it is a waste of time. I refer the Premier to the Minister for Tourism’s media statement released today regarding the federal tourism budget, which the minister gives a zero out of 10. (1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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(1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT: Given his previous answer, it is a waste of time. I refer the Premier to the Minister for Tourism’s media statement released today regarding the federal tourism budget, which the minister gives a zero out of 10. (1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr C.J. BARNETT: Given his previous answer, it is a waste of time. I refer the Premier to the Minister for Tourism’s media statement released today regarding the federal tourism budget, which the minister gives a zero out of 10. (1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT: Given his previous answer, it is a waste of time. I refer the Premier to the Minister for Tourism’s media statement released today regarding the federal tourism budget, which the minister gives a zero out of 10. (1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr C.J. BARNETT: Given his previous answer, it is a waste of time. I refer the Premier to the Minister for Tourism’s media statement released today regarding the federal tourism budget, which the minister gives a zero out of 10. (1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(1) Does the Premier support his minister’s attack on the $235 million in additional federal funding for national tourism initiatives when this Government has cut spending on destination marketing, event tourism, convention and incentive travel, industry development and visitor servicing? (2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(2) Will the Premier admit that it is his Government, not the federal Government, that is stifling the development of the Western Australian tourism industry? (3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(3) Given that the Premier has described the tourism industry as the State’s second economic front, when will he and his Government get serious about supporting this vital sector of our economy? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
(1)-(3) Unfortunately, the Opposition does not understand tourism. A strategy for tourism cannot be based simply upon the money that is allocated to the tourism commission. The strategy for tourism is to have a whole-of-government approach. Let me respond to the questions of the Leader of the Opposition. First, it was explained to members opposite that there was a one-off injection of money into the tourism budget following the Ansett collapse. Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Not Ansett again. The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order! Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: It was always intended to be, and was, a one-off injection. The other initiatives we took for the airline industry in Western Australia and internationally meant that Western Australia recovered very strongly from the Ansett collapse. The tourism industry, in which I have some interest, needs to have capital infrastructure throughout the State to attract people. The people in the industry need to have the skills and the capacity to sustain it into the future. There needs to be a proper marketing effort if it is to succeed. It is true that we have a new approach to marketing; that is, destination marketing. The minister has been talking about the fact that we will see some real changes in the way that Western Australia is projected in that area. I am very proud to say that many of the dollars that have been spent under the regional investment fund have been spent on 585 projects throughout Australia that have generated 3 100 jobs. The majority of those projects are tourism related. More will be heard from the Government about the way it will partner with local communities to make sure that the people working in the industry have the necessary skills and capacities. Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: Will you take an interjection? Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Marco Polo wants to make an interjection. What is it? He is a tourist. How is America going these days? The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order! Members know the rules. We should refer to members by their electorates. Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: I apologise. Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: Do you support regional Western Australia in the same way that a rope supports a hanged man? Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: That quote, which was originally used by Vladimir Lenin, has been worked to death over the years. Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Mr M.J. Birney: It works on you. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members will be hearing more on this from the minister in the near future. We are dealing with infrastructure issues and the market. Our Government has been very successful in encouraging more flights to Western Australia. I stopped at Dubai, where I spoke to the Western Australian officer there. We are working on trying to get even more flights from Dubai to Western Australia, giving us an alternative link with Europe. When we announced the support package to Emirate Airlines, the member for Nedlands, who is the shadow Minister for Tourism, attacked the decision to support that new route. We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
We have regulated the airline industry in Western Australia in a soft but very effective way to make sure that regional airline services are in place. Why would people want to come to Western Australia if it had a Government that was logging old-growth forests? Our approach to tourism is whole of government, including an appropriate environmental strategy for protecting old-growth forests and the Ningaloo reef. We have a strategy to get more airline services here and to properly regulate the airline services within Western Australia. We have a policy that will generate more capital infrastructure throughout the region so that people will want to come to look and learn about Western Australia. We have a strategy that will upgrade the skills and capacity of people in the industry. If people want to look at our strategy for tourism, they should look across government to see what we are doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
The SPEAKER: Order, members. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The member for Hillarys knows nothing about tourism. He shows his ignorance by the style of his interjections.
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