❓ Question regarding the Liberal Party's stance on nuclear power in WA, particularly the Curtin division's support, and the government's opposition, including legislation banning nuclear plants. Focus on Leader of the Opposition's position.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY
Can the minister advise the house of the latest push, which I continue to oppose, towards establishing nuclear power in Western Australia? Mr F.M. LOGAN
Can the minister advise the house of the latest push, which I continue to oppose, towards establishing nuclear power in Western Australia? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for the question. Yes, I can advise the house. This is another test for the new Leader of the Opposition. This weekend at the Liberal Party conference the all-powerful Curtin division of the Liberal Party—if members want to know exactly how powerful it is, they should just ask the member for Nedlands—will call on the party to adopt nuclear power in government. In fact, the Curtin division is saying that the Liberal Party calls on the future state Liberal government to support the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources of baseload power, including nuclear power. This is a serious issue for Western Australia. It is a very serious issue for our government. It is so serious that we have already passed a piece of legislation in this house banning the construction of nuclear power plants in Western Australia. Hopefully, that will be passed in the upper house shortly. I ask the new Leader of the Opposition, given that he has been sitting on most things that are put to him recently, what he will do. Will the Leader of the Opposition either support or oppose the Curtin division motion? Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for the question. Yes, I can advise the house. This is another test for the new Leader of the Opposition. This weekend at the Liberal Party conference the all-powerful Curtin division of the Liberal Party—if members want to know exactly how powerful it is, they should just ask the member for Nedlands—will call on the party to adopt nuclear power in government. In fact, the Curtin division is saying that the Liberal Party calls on the future state Liberal government to support the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources of baseload power, including nuclear power. This is a serious issue for Western Australia. It is a very serious issue for our government. It is so serious that we have already passed a piece of legislation in this house banning the construction of nuclear power plants in Western Australia. Hopefully, that will be passed in the upper house shortly. I ask the new Leader of the Opposition, given that he has been sitting on most things that are put to him recently, what he will do. Will the Leader of the Opposition either support or oppose the Curtin division motion? Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
I thank the member for the question. Yes, I can advise the house. This is another test for the new Leader of the Opposition. This weekend at the Liberal Party conference the all-powerful Curtin division of the Liberal Party—if members want to know exactly how powerful it is, they should just ask the member for Nedlands—will call on the party to adopt nuclear power in government. In fact, the Curtin division is saying that the Liberal Party calls on the future state Liberal government to support the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources of baseload power, including nuclear power. This is a serious issue for Western Australia. It is a very serious issue for our government. It is so serious that we have already passed a piece of legislation in this house banning the construction of nuclear power plants in Western Australia. Hopefully, that will be passed in the upper house shortly. I ask the new Leader of the Opposition, given that he has been sitting on most things that are put to him recently, what he will do. Will the Leader of the Opposition either support or oppose the Curtin division motion? Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for the question. Yes, I can advise the house. This is another test for the new Leader of the Opposition. This weekend at the Liberal Party conference the all-powerful Curtin division of the Liberal Party—if members want to know exactly how powerful it is, they should just ask the member for Nedlands—will call on the party to adopt nuclear power in government. In fact, the Curtin division is saying that the Liberal Party calls on the future state Liberal government to support the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources of baseload power, including nuclear power. This is a serious issue for Western Australia. It is a very serious issue for our government. It is so serious that we have already passed a piece of legislation in this house banning the construction of nuclear power plants in Western Australia. Hopefully, that will be passed in the upper house shortly. I ask the new Leader of the Opposition, given that he has been sitting on most things that are put to him recently, what he will do. Will the Leader of the Opposition either support or oppose the Curtin division motion? Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
I thank the member for the question. Yes, I can advise the house. This is another test for the new Leader of the Opposition. This weekend at the Liberal Party conference the all-powerful Curtin division of the Liberal Party—if members want to know exactly how powerful it is, they should just ask the member for Nedlands—will call on the party to adopt nuclear power in government. In fact, the Curtin division is saying that the Liberal Party calls on the future state Liberal government to support the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources of baseload power, including nuclear power. This is a serious issue for Western Australia. It is a very serious issue for our government. It is so serious that we have already passed a piece of legislation in this house banning the construction of nuclear power plants in Western Australia. Hopefully, that will be passed in the upper house shortly. I ask the new Leader of the Opposition, given that he has been sitting on most things that are put to him recently, what he will do. Will the Leader of the Opposition either support or oppose the Curtin division motion? Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr T. Buswell : I will allow informed debate on the floor of my party’s conference. Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : He can speak as the Leader of the Opposition or he can speak as an individual member. Will he support the Curtin division motion calling on what might possibly be his government’s construction of nuclear power in Western Australia or will he oppose it? The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : Order! Therein lies one of the problems of asking a question of a member of the opposition whilst answering a question; it encourages what we just witnessed. If that happens again, question time will cease immediately. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Unfortunately, Mr Speaker, we did not get an answer from the Leader of the Opposition. That is not surprising. Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr M.W. Trenorden interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Avon to order for the second time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition has not answered any of the questions put to him today in question time. What we are dealing with here — Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Dr S.C. Thomas interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Capel to order. Clearly, members interjecting do not wish question time to continue. I thought they would probably have another one or two questions to ask. I urge members not to interject. Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : We are dealing with not only an inexperienced and immature Leader of the Opposition but also an indecisive one. He is probably like the new federal Liberal Leader of the Opposition, who is also a flip-flopper. In 2005 the current federal leader of the Liberal Party supported nuclear power. We know how strong John Howard was on nuclear power when he was in government. What does the new federal Liberal opposition say? It now says it is opposed to nuclear power. It does not believe nuclear power stations should be constructed in Australia; there is no need for them. Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Several members interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Is that the sort of flip-flopping we will get from the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
The SPEAKER : Question time is now finished.
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