❓ Mr Barron-Sullivan questions the Premier about a conflict of interest concerning the Attorney General's electoral affairs portfolio, requesting the AG be stood down until a Supreme Court case concludes. The Premier avoids directly answering, instead attacking the opposition.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONFLICT OF INTEREST 769. Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN to the Premier: Will the Premier stand down the Attorney General from that post because of the clear conflict of interest with his electoral affairs portfolio, at least until the Supreme Court case is over? Dr GALLOP
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Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Will the Premier stand down the Attorney General from that post because of the clear conflict of interest with his electoral affairs portfolio, at least until the Supreme Court case is over? Dr GALLOP replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Dr GALLOP replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Will the Premier stand down the Attorney General from that post because of the clear conflict of interest with his electoral affairs portfolio, at least until the Supreme Court case is over? Dr GALLOP replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Dr GALLOP replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Several members interjected. Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Mr Birney: That question has a lot of validity. He is wearing two hats. Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
Dr GALLOP: The member for Kalgoorlie, QC is entering the debate. This Opposition is pathetic. On Sunday night on television I saw Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition and the Legislative Council spokesperson for the Liberal Party on drug policy, and do members know what came to my mind? “Cheech and Chong’s Lawnmowing Service”. They are pathetic! That is what they look like. They come into this Parliament today pretending to talk about the law. We have a simple convention in our society: it is called equality under the law. One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
One of the most sacred things we can do in our society is exercise our right to vote. We have witnessed the tragedy of the events in Zimbabwe and we are reminded of what democracy is about; it is a sacred instrument. I will be honest; I get emotional when someone exercises a vote. It is a magnificent principle. I want everyone who goes into the electoral booth to exercise their vote to have equal power no matter who they are. It does not matter whether it is an unemployed derelict from Bentley or a rich citizen from Peppermint Grove; when they vote, they will have an equal right in determining the Government of this State. The Opposition should get into the twenty-first century and ensure that all our citizens have equal voting rights instead of conducting this pathetic campaign to deny the right of people to have an equal say on who will form government.
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