❓ Dr. Honey questions the Energy Minister about job replacement confidence in Collie following coal-fired power station closures. The Minister deflects, criticising Dr. Honey's question and referencing the recent federal election results in Collie.
AnsweredQoN 359Legislative Assembly
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COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS — CLOSURE
359. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Dr D.J. HONEY : How can the
people of Collie have any confidence in this government's assertion
that jobs will be replaced when this minister cannot give us any detail of the
sorts of projects that it will provide them?
359. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Energy:
I have a supplementary question.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Dr D.J. HONEY : How can the
people of Collie have any confidence in this government's assertion
that jobs will be replaced when this minister cannot give us any detail of the
sorts of projects that it will provide them?
AnswerView source ↗
That is a different question. If the
member had asked me what are some of the projects that we have already brought
to Collie, I could have given him examples of the projects that have already
come to Collie and are creating jobs now, but he did not ask me that. He asked
me a question related to the portfolio of another minister and he did not
explain to anybody why he thought $100 million—I ask the member for
Cottesloe to tell us what industries he thought his $100 million project would
support.
Dr D.J. Honey : You're
in government. What are you doing?
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : He should
tell me why he thought one-seventh —
Dr D.J. Honey : So you can't
answer it.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : I will tell
the member what I can answer: the reason why the people of Collie rejected the
Liberal Party just the other weekend in the federal election when there was a 10
per cent swing in every single polling both.
Do you know what happened, Madam Speaker? Rick Wilson and Hon Angus Taylor went
to Collie and said, ''If you vote Labor, you'll lose your
job.'' Ten per cent more people voted for Labor than before they
visited.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
member had asked me what are some of the projects that we have already brought
to Collie, I could have given him examples of the projects that have already
come to Collie and are creating jobs now, but he did not ask me that. He asked
me a question related to the portfolio of another minister and he did not
explain to anybody why he thought $100 million—I ask the member for
Cottesloe to tell us what industries he thought his $100 million project would
support.
Dr D.J. Honey : You're
in government. What are you doing?
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : He should
tell me why he thought one-seventh —
Dr D.J. Honey : So you can't
answer it.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : I will tell
the member what I can answer: the reason why the people of Collie rejected the
Liberal Party just the other weekend in the federal election when there was a 10
per cent swing in every single polling both.
Do you know what happened, Madam Speaker? Rick Wilson and Hon Angus Taylor went
to Collie and said, ''If you vote Labor, you'll lose your
job.'' Ten per cent more people voted for Labor than before they
visited.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
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