❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Minister's use of government-funded flights for official and personal travel, specifically to Albany and Kalgoorlie. The Minister's response defends the Albany trip as vital to promoting TAFE and clarifies the Kalgoorlie trip was personal and self-funded.
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GREAT SOUTHERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — VISIT BY MINISTER FOR TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
I refer to the minister’s flying visit to the Great Southern Institute of Technology, formerly known as the Great Southern TAFE, on 23 April 2010. (1) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to visit Albany? (2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER
I refer to the minister’s flying visit to the Great Southern Institute of Technology, formerly known as the Great Southern TAFE, on 23 April 2010. (1) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to visit Albany? (2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER
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I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(1) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to visit Albany? (2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(1) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to visit Albany? (2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(2) Did the minister use a government-funded charter flight to then travel from Albany to Kalgoorlie for the tennis club reunion he publicly referred to during his Albany visit? Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Simon O’Brien : This is a big issue. This will bring the government down! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : We just never know. (3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(3) In what capacity was the minister attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
I thank the honourable member for the question. I absolutely love question time and I love questions without notice from Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich because she gets it wrong time after time. I could have a field day with this one. (1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
(1)–(3) I say at the outset that I have had great pleasure in rebadging our former TAFE colleges. For far too long our TAFE colleges have been seen as second cousins in terms of training. What has happened in our schools and with TAFE colleges through our community at large? There is a stigma attached to TAFE and it has resonated across the community. Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Sue Ellery : That is not the question. Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : If those opposite keep quiet, I will answer it. The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : Order! We have had a question. Let us hear the answer. Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give a bit of background to this question. I need members opposite to understand why I am rebadging our TAFEs and why it was significant that I went down to Great Southern. It is very important. All of the TAFEs, the state training providers, have come on board. I have said to them that I want them to raise their status, raise their profiles and become centres of excellence so that training becomes a treasured possession for people who want a career pathway through training. I had great pleasure in going to Great Southern. Lydia Rozlapa and her team are doing a wonderful job at Great Southern, providing tremendous opportunities for people down there. It was a great opportunity. I went down to Great Southern in the King Air. I had a full day. Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Simon O’Brien : Tell us all about it. Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I thank the minister for that interjection. In the morning I launched the private providers’ forum, which was terrific. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and activity within our private providers, who are providing training opportunities for people in Western Australia. Then I raced off to the airport, got on the King Air and went down to Albany to launch the Great Southern Institute of Technology. That already stellar institution will have an even higher profile in the community. Training will resonate even further in the Great Southern as it has at the Durack Institute of Technology in the Mid West, the Challenger Institute of Technology, the Central Institute of Technology, Polytechnic West and the West Coast Institute of Training. They will provide wonderful opportunities for people. That is what we are doing. Yes, I take great pride in the fact that I took the King Air to Albany to launch Great Southern. It was well attended by members of the community. Hon Robyn McSweeney attended. It was a wonderful day, was it not? Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : It was. Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : There was a tremendous amount of vibrancy and activity in Albany that day. I got in the King Air, came back to Perth, worked for an hour and a half and then got on a commercial flight to Kalgoorlie, which I paid for. I went to Kalgoorlie because I am a Kalgoorlie boy, born and bred. I played a lot of tennis up there, and the club had a reunion. Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Several members interjected. Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I am answering the specific question I was asked. I went up there to attend a reunion for all the people from Kalgoorlie who played tennis. It was magnificent. I saw people there whom I had not seen for 35 years. All these wonderful salt-of-the-earth Kalgoorlie people were there. I could not pick up a racket because my Achilles is not 100 per cent. I had a few ales on the Saturday night. It was a wonderful occasion. I stayed with my sister and saw a lot of old friends. I had not seen some of the people there for so long. To be honest, some of them have not aged well. It was terrific. Point of Order Hon ED DERMER : My understanding of the purpose of question time is for ministers to answer questions with relevance to their portfolio. I fail to see how the tennis activities of the minister are at all relevant to his portfolio. The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : There are standing orders relating to the relevance of questions and answers. I am sure that the Minister for Training and Workforce Development is bringing his answer to a close because I think every conceivable part of that question has just about been covered. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I want to finish answering the question because it specifically relates to my tennis activities in Kalgoorlie. Just before I went to Kalgoorlie, the RSL sent me an email saying that it understood that I was going — Point of Order Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : There was no mention of the minister’s tennis activities whilst he was in Kalgoorlie in the question that I asked. I asked him in what capacity he was attending the tennis club reunion in Kalgoorlie. I did not ask what he drank and whom he spoke to and what they looked like. The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
The PRESIDENT : There is no point of order because the member did ask the minister in what capacity he was attending the function. I think the minister has worn out his welcome pretty much and should conclude his answer. Questions without Notice Resumed Hon PETER COLLIER : I need to give the Kalgoorlie RSL some credit because it asked me to speak at its Anzac Day ceremony, which I did, and then I flew back on a commercial flight that night, which I paid for myself.
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