❓ Mr. Ripper asks the Premier to assure action on misconduct related to the Keelty Report. Mr. Barnett deflects, citing confidence in the Public Sector Commission and attacking the previous Labor government's record.
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KEELTY REPORT — FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY RESPONSE
I have a supplementary question. Is the Premier then assuring the house, in his ministerial capacity, that action will be taken on this obvious misconduct? We cannot name which person has committed misconduct, but clearly someone has lied. Will the Premier assure the house that action will be taken? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Is the Premier then assuring the house, in his ministerial capacity, that action will be taken on this obvious misconduct? We cannot name which person has committed misconduct, but clearly someone has lied. Will the Premier assure the house that action will be taken? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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“Clearly someone has lied”—I do not know the answer; I do not know whether that is true or not. I have absolute confidence in the Public Sector Commission to follow up on any issues of that nature from the report. Again, I do not want to go back into history, but I am sure members have not yet forgotten how totally compromised the Labor government was by lobbyists and ALP operatives in government departments—the scandals, one after the other. How dare the opposition come in here and lecture this government on propriety! Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: “Clearly someone has lied”—I do not know the answer; I do not know whether that is true or not. I have absolute confidence in the Public Sector Commission to follow up on any issues of that nature from the report. Again, I do not want to go back into history, but I am sure members have not yet forgotten how totally compromised the Labor government was by lobbyists and ALP operatives in government departments—the scandals, one after the other. How dare the opposition come in here and lecture this government on propriety! Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
“Clearly someone has lied”—I do not know the answer; I do not know whether that is true or not. I have absolute confidence in the Public Sector Commission to follow up on any issues of that nature from the report. Again, I do not want to go back into history, but I am sure members have not yet forgotten how totally compromised the Labor government was by lobbyists and ALP operatives in government departments—the scandals, one after the other. How dare the opposition come in here and lecture this government on propriety! Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: “Clearly someone has lied”—I do not know the answer; I do not know whether that is true or not. I have absolute confidence in the Public Sector Commission to follow up on any issues of that nature from the report. Again, I do not want to go back into history, but I am sure members have not yet forgotten how totally compromised the Labor government was by lobbyists and ALP operatives in government departments—the scandals, one after the other. How dare the opposition come in here and lecture this government on propriety! Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
“Clearly someone has lied”—I do not know the answer; I do not know whether that is true or not. I have absolute confidence in the Public Sector Commission to follow up on any issues of that nature from the report. Again, I do not want to go back into history, but I am sure members have not yet forgotten how totally compromised the Labor government was by lobbyists and ALP operatives in government departments—the scandals, one after the other. How dare the opposition come in here and lecture this government on propriety! Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr E.S. Ripper : How pompous you are! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition was Deputy Premier through all of those—did he ever stand on a matter of principle or accountability in this house? Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr E.S. Ripper : Absolutely; all the time. Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
Mr C.J. BARNETT : You did not! You simply stood there taking your pay packet—lazy; didn’t act!
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