❓ Opposition questions the Premier on the lack of completion of the 2001 Housing Strategy, citing broken promises. The Premier defends the government's record amidst significant housing growth, highlighting achievements and future plans.
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HOUSING STRATEGY
My question is on the theme of broken promises. In September 2001 the then Minister for Housing and Works, the current member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara, launched the Western Australian housing strategy. At the launch he said - Ensuring that Western Australians continue to be well-housed should not be left to chance . . . He said also - Government needs to develop policies and plans which facilitate the supply of sufficient housing that is affordable, appropriate and well-located . . . Can the Premier explain why, after five years and four ministers, the much vaunted housing strategy has not been completed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
My question is on the theme of broken promises. In September 2001 the then Minister for Housing and Works, the current member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara, launched the Western Australian housing strategy. At the launch he said - Ensuring that Western Australians continue to be well-housed should not be left to chance . . . He said also - Government needs to develop policies and plans which facilitate the supply of sufficient housing that is affordable, appropriate and well-located . . . Can the Premier explain why, after five years and four ministers, the much vaunted housing strategy has not been completed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for the question. I have been given a document that relates to this very subject. First, let me say this. The member needs to understand that Western Australia is going through an enormous period of growth. Policy settings need to be changed to accommodate that growth. We do not live in a world in which suddenly everything can be fixed. In that time we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also Australia, has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I have been given a document that relates to this very subject. First, let me say this. The member needs to understand that Western Australia is going through an enormous period of growth. Policy settings need to be changed to accommodate that growth. We do not live in a world in which suddenly everything can be fixed. In that time we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also Australia, has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
I thank the member for the question. I have been given a document that relates to this very subject. First, let me say this. The member needs to understand that Western Australia is going through an enormous period of growth. Policy settings need to be changed to accommodate that growth. We do not live in a world in which suddenly everything can be fixed. In that time we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also Australia, has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I have been given a document that relates to this very subject. First, let me say this. The member needs to understand that Western Australia is going through an enormous period of growth. Policy settings need to be changed to accommodate that growth. We do not live in a world in which suddenly everything can be fixed. In that time we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also Australia, has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
I thank the member for the question. I have been given a document that relates to this very subject. First, let me say this. The member needs to understand that Western Australia is going through an enormous period of growth. Policy settings need to be changed to accommodate that growth. We do not live in a world in which suddenly everything can be fixed. In that time we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also Australia, has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : And how have you handled it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : How have we handled it? I will say it again. In that time, as far as I am aware, we have had the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state, and possibly also the nation, has ever seen. That is point one. The member might find it worth tucking that away in his mind. We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry that this state has ever seen. Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : But what are you doing about it? It is your job to deal with it! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is a sort of deja vu experience! This is a bit like the question we had last week on education, when we were asked, “What have you done?”, and we rattled off all the things we have done, and they said, “But what have you done?”! What did the Romans ever do for us? We say, “They gave us the aqueducts and the viaducts and all that sort of thing”, and they say, “But what did they do?”! We have presided over the biggest growth in the housing industry this state has ever seen. Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : There were two periods of growth. One was after the Second World War - Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : When was the big one? It was in the sixties. The population of Western Australia now is just over two million and is growing at a very strong rate. The population growth after the Second World War was significant for its time, but I do not think it was anything like the growth we are experiencing now. The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The state housing strategy has five major strategic areas. They are: refining the system to ensure delivery of world-class housing; ensuring future generations can buy a home; increasing the supply of affordable private rental; providing a strong housing safety net through government supported housing; and housing the most vulnerable people in our community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are living in a world that does not stop. It is not a matter of being finished. We are living in a world where tomorrow the sun will rise, and there will be needs. Over the past five years the government has worked in all five areas, and many more. To suggest that we have not done that is a declaration of ignorance. The Department of Housing and Works is the state’s largest land developer. Over 3 000 residential lots are being released this financial year. The member for Murdoch is a bit of a mathematician, so he should remember that figure. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers - Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What did the Deputy Leader of the Opposition say? Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : I said you are well off the expected demand. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said. Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : The UDIA has estimated that we need 24 000 lots per annum at the moment in Western Australia. The industry is not delivering that number, because of this government and the constraints. That is what I said. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : That is a factual statement, and the minister knows it. The minister has been caught out on it. Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Ms A.J.G. MacTiernan : Absolute rubbish! The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! That is an interesting conversation between two people who are not answering the question. We want the Premier to answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Mr Speaker, I should know better than to elicit interjections from the empty vessel opposite. Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Many of those lots will be available to low income and first home buyers, being priced in the lower quartile, currently $155 000 and below, of residential block prices. It is estimated that around 300 homes will be refurbished in 2006-07 under the New Living urban renewal programs around the state. Current predictions are that at least 5 000 new loans - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - will be entered into under the Keystart program, including the Access scheme for disabled people, and the Goodstart scheme for indigenous home buyers. Anyone who has examined the housing sector in the 13 months since the strategy was launched would realise that the current state of affairs in terms of demand and supply, and prices, is uncharted territory for this state. The fundamentals have all moved at an unprecedented rate. It needs more than one document and one policy setting to make our way through it. We have had so many submissions that the final outcome is still under consideration. We are still consulting the stakeholders. I think that will be a continuous process. Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : How many submissions did you get? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I do not have that number. Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr T. Buswell : You got 60! With all those bureaucrats, you cannot handle 60 submissions! What a disgrace! The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, Deputy Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I get the feeling there is a touch of envy opposite! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Avon. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is a touch of envy! They wish they were over here, with their hands on the wheel! However, we know from experience that when they are on this side of the house, they just sit here and do nothing! The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The Western Australian economy is growing at an unprecedented rate. As I outlined to the house yesterday, literally thousands of people - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : - are coming to Western Australia to take advantage - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call to order the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have done my best to answer the question.
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