❓ Question regarding Premier Gallop's message of support to Australian Defence Force personnel in the Gulf region, met with interjections and accusations of disloyalty.
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Will the Premier inform the House of any message of support he has conveyed to Australian Defence Force personnel in the gulf region? Several opposition members interjected. Mr C.J. Barnett: After his disloyalty to this country on Tuesday. The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP
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I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Several opposition members interjected. Mr C.J. Barnett: After his disloyalty to this country on Tuesday. The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr C.J. Barnett: After his disloyalty to this country on Tuesday. The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home.
In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: Members!
Several opposition members interjected. Mr C.J. Barnett: After his disloyalty to this country on Tuesday. The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr C.J. Barnett: After his disloyalty to this country on Tuesday. The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: Members! We have just experienced an absolute abuse of interjections. The Premier has not even started to answer the question yet there is a huge cry from members on the left-hand side of the Chamber. I warn members that the rule that is being abused at the moment is that the person who asks the question has a limited right to interject. The Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the National Party have a limited right to interject, but not the balance of members. Those members who abuse it will be called to order. Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
I thank the member for the question. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Dr G.I. GALLOP: Members are aware that hostilities have broken out in Iraq and the Prime Minister has confirmed that Australian forces are engaged in combat action or combat support action. In the light of these developments, I have contacted the Chief of the Australia Defence Force, General Peter Cosgrove, and asked that he convey the following message to all the servicemen and women on duty in that area, many of whom are from Western Australia. The message reads - On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we extend our best wishes to all of the Australian service men and women who have been called to duty in Iraq. We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home. [See paper No 935.] Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
We know that you will carry out your duties with bravery, integrity and humanity - qualities that are synonymous with the Australian Defence Force. In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home.
In these dangerous and uncertain times our thoughts are with you and your families and we look forward to your safe and speedy return home.
Mr C.J. Barnett: I wish you had shown loyalty to our country on Tuesday. Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
Mr J.A. McGinty: Get out of the gutter. It is too serious a day for that political banter from you. The SPEAKER: Members!
The SPEAKER: Members!
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