❓ The Minister outlines initiatives to expedite project approvals and implement recommendations from the Keating review to maintain WA's economic leadership, while also attacking the Leader of the Opposition's past performance.
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I refer the minister to the strong recent performance of the Western Australian economy. What recent initiatives has the Government undertaken to ensure that Western Australia remains Australia’s leading state economy? Mr C.M. BROWN
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Before dealing with the substance of the question, it is pleasing to see students from Murdoch College in the public gallery today, a number of whom I understand are overseas-based students. We hope that for those who are temporarily here in Western Australia their stay is enjoyable. Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: Before dealing with the substance of the question, it is pleasing to see students from Murdoch College in the public gallery today, a number of whom I understand are overseas-based students. We hope that for those who are temporarily here in Western Australia their stay is enjoyable. Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Before dealing with the substance of the question, it is pleasing to see students from Murdoch College in the public gallery today, a number of whom I understand are overseas-based students. We hope that for those who are temporarily here in Western Australia their stay is enjoyable. Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: Before dealing with the substance of the question, it is pleasing to see students from Murdoch College in the public gallery today, a number of whom I understand are overseas-based students. We hope that for those who are temporarily here in Western Australia their stay is enjoyable. Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Before dealing with the substance of the question, it is pleasing to see students from Murdoch College in the public gallery today, a number of whom I understand are overseas-based students. We hope that for those who are temporarily here in Western Australia their stay is enjoyable. Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Members: Hear, hear! Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I announced today that the Government had set aside an additional $3.9 million to do two things: first, to put additional funds into the approving agencies, such as the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority, to engage people to deal with the enormous number of projects coming forward so that projects can be dealt with in a timely fashion; secondly, to set up a specialised team to implement the detailed recommendations arising from the report dealing with the first 16 recommendations of the Keating review. That specialised multidisciplinary team from across agencies will work to implement the recommendations arising out of that review and will be seeking to do a number of things to improve the process. Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.J. Barnett: What are you doing about it? Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The carping Leader of the Opposition seeks to interject. I want to explain to members by chapter and verse what the Leader of the Opposition did about improving the approval processes when he was in government. I want to give members a long, long list of what he did. Are members ready? Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Government members: We are ready! We are ready! Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: He did nothing! He was asleep at the wheel. Do members know what he did as Minister for Resources Development to try to get local content for building the economy in Western Australia? His one significant achievement was to disband the local content unit. He got rid of it; he said he was not interested in it. Then he has the temerity to ask what we are doing about it. This Leader of the Opposition issued so many press releases about projects that never appeared that he created a whole new paper industry. The only problem is that we do not have a paper industry in this State; we are supporting other people’s. How dare the Leader of the Opposition interject! Every time those opposite got a project up and running during their time in government, he said it was because of the Government or he delivered it. When this Government releases project after project, the Leader of the Opposition says it must be because of someone in Canberra, the birthday fairy or someone. We do not know who it is; if it is not the government member, it must be somebody else. The Leader of the Opposition should keep interjecting. Let us put the credentials on the table. Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I think you already have. Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
Mr C.M. BROWN: Come on! The Leader of the Opposition should interject a bit more, because we will slice him up. He has no credibility in this area other than about “Good News” Colin. The only problem was that there was never any of it.
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