❓ A parliamentary question regarding the permanence of the winter sprinkler ban trial and its impact on the community is answered by the Minister for Water, who confirms the ban will be permanent due to its success in water conservation.
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WINTER SPRINKLER BAN
Will the minister please advise the house whether the winter sprinkler ban trial will become a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will such a ban have on the community? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS
Will the minister please advise the house whether the winter sprinkler ban trial will become a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will such a ban have on the community? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS
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Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Please take your seat. Members on both sides, I expect, and I imagine you would expect, that if you were asking the question, other people would listen in silence. I ask that of all members in this place. Member for Ocean Reef, because I did not hear any of your question, I would like to hear it again. Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Certainly, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
My question is to the Minister for Water. Will the minister — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Thank you, members. Given the recent winter sprinkler ban trial, will the minister make it a permanent fixture; and, if so, what impact will that have on the local community? Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS replied: Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Without doubt, the recent two-month winter sprinkler ban trial from 1 July to 31 August has been a great success. Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr T.G. Stephens : It has been raining! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order! Thank you, members. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Over that eight-week period, we have saved 50 million litres of water a day. To put that in context for members on the other side, that is 22 Olympic-size swimming pools full of water—every day! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Not squandering the water from the recent rains in August and September of this year is a significant saving for Western Australia. More than that, there has been a behavioural change—a culture change, if members like. At the trial winter sprinkler ban summit that I attended this morning — Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Members opposite put it down; people on that side of the house pooh-poohed the ban when I announced the trial—particularly the member for Cockburn. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Earlier in question time today, the member for Balcatta, I think, raised a very important point about the length of time that some members take to answer questions. I may also add that some answers might be a lot shorter if there were not incessant and continuing interjections. I would like to hear the rest of what the minister has to say—in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : I thank you, Mr Speaker. There have been significant savings and we have not squandered the water that we have been blessed with recently. We have not squandered it! In significant surveys, more than 93 per cent of people believe that we should not waste water by using sprinklers when it is raining. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I formally call the member for Cockburn for the first time. Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mrs C.A. Martin : And me! The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Anybody who wishes to add further comment may also suffer the same fate. Minister, I ask you to hasten to a conclusion. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Please take your seat, minister. Member for Cockburn, I formally call you for the second time. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Perhaps the opposition does not take this seriously. It had lots of opportunities to introduce water efficiency and conservation measures and never did. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Mr D.A. Templeman : What about the desalination plant? The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I formally call you for the first time. Also, I call your colleague, the member for West Swan. I said that I wanted to hear the minister’s answer in silence. Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Dr G.G. JACOBS : Mr Speaker, opposition members do not have any patience and did not listen to the nub of the question. After the summit and the successful trial program over this winter, this morning I announced that winter sprinkler bans will become a permanent fixture in Western Australia. Members opposite did not do it! They did not have the ticker to do it! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members. That concludes question time.
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