❓ Dr. Nahan questions Premier McGowan on the broken promise of establishing a parliamentary budget office, referencing past commitments and the Langoulant inquiry. McGowan deflects, highlighting the previous government's opposition and questioning Nahan's hypocrisy.
AnsweredQoN 829Legislative Assembly
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PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE
829. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I refer to a statement the Premier made in 2013, and I quote
from my notes —
WA Labor calls on the Liberal
Party to take a bipartisan approach to restoring faith and confidence in the
costing of election promises by supporting the establishment of a parliamentary
budget office.
I additionally refer the Premier to his Treasurer's
2017 election promise to introduce this office, as well as the recommendation
of the Langoulant inquiry to introduce this office. Will the Premier commit to
immediately establishing a parliamentary budget office, or will this be yet
another Labor broken promise?
829. Dr M.D. NAHAN to the Premier:
I refer to a statement the Premier made in 2013, and I quote
from my notes —
WA Labor calls on the Liberal
Party to take a bipartisan approach to restoring faith and confidence in the
costing of election promises by supporting the establishment of a parliamentary
budget office.
I additionally refer the Premier to his Treasurer's
2017 election promise to introduce this office, as well as the recommendation
of the Langoulant inquiry to introduce this office. Will the Premier commit to
immediately establishing a parliamentary budget office, or will this be yet
another Labor broken promise?
AnswerView source ↗
In the lead-up to the 2013 election —
Dr M.D. Nahan : And 2017!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — when I was so lucky to have
been defeated so heavily—when I was that lucky that that occurred—we
said that we would like to establish a parliamentary budget office. The then
government—Colin Barnett—said absolutely no way. That was a commitment
in the lead-up to the 2013 election. We have not made a similar commitment
since —
Dr M.D. Nahan : In 2017, he did!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I would say to the house that is
something we will take under consideration. But I find it a little bit
hypocritical that the former government's Treasurer—one of
Colin Barnett's loyal soldiers in that campaign, marching lock step
while we went off the financial cliff—is now saying, ''You have
to give us a parliamentary budget office, and the taxpayers of Western Australia
have to pay for it.''
Dr M.D. Nahan : And 2017!
Mr M. McGOWAN : — when I was so lucky to have
been defeated so heavily—when I was that lucky that that occurred—we
said that we would like to establish a parliamentary budget office. The then
government—Colin Barnett—said absolutely no way. That was a commitment
in the lead-up to the 2013 election. We have not made a similar commitment
since —
Dr M.D. Nahan : In 2017, he did!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I would say to the house that is
something we will take under consideration. But I find it a little bit
hypocritical that the former government's Treasurer—one of
Colin Barnett's loyal soldiers in that campaign, marching lock step
while we went off the financial cliff—is now saying, ''You have
to give us a parliamentary budget office, and the taxpayers of Western Australia
have to pay for it.''
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