❓ STANDING COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS REPORT — agency ANNUAL REPORTS I refer to the comments the Premier made last week when he claimed that a Legislative Council committee had focu
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STANDING COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS REPORT — agency ANNUAL REPORTS
I refer to the comments the Premier made last week when he claimed that a Legislative Council committee had focused only on the annual reports tabled late by the former Treasurer. (1) Is the Premier now aware that the committee followed up on all 17 late annual reports, of which 10 were the former Treasurer’s responsibility, and that the former Treasurer’s claim that the delay was due to agencies making final amendments before the reports could be tabled is simply untrue? (2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I refer to the comments the Premier made last week when he claimed that a Legislative Council committee had focused only on the annual reports tabled late by the former Treasurer. (1) Is the Premier now aware that the committee followed up on all 17 late annual reports, of which 10 were the former Treasurer’s responsibility, and that the former Treasurer’s claim that the delay was due to agencies making final amendments before the reports could be tabled is simply untrue? (2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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(1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(1) Is the Premier now aware that the committee followed up on all 17 late annual reports, of which 10 were the former Treasurer’s responsibility, and that the former Treasurer’s claim that the delay was due to agencies making final amendments before the reports could be tabled is simply untrue? (2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(1) Is the Premier now aware that the committee followed up on all 17 late annual reports, of which 10 were the former Treasurer’s responsibility, and that the former Treasurer’s claim that the delay was due to agencies making final amendments before the reports could be tabled is simply untrue? (2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(2) Will the Premier now correct the record and confirm that the real reason the reports were tabled late was due to sloppy administrative practices in the former Treasurer’s office? (3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(3) Does the Premier now accept what the whole of Western Australia knows—that the former Treasurer has a history of administrative sloppiness and a history of misrepresenting the truth? (4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(4) What action will the Premier now take to address these character flaws before he reappoints the member for Vasse to the cabinet? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
(1)–(4) Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the report with me. Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr R.H. Cook : You threw it away! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I tabled it in the manner it deserved. If I had the report with me, it would show that all the reports listed relate to the portfolios that the member for Vasse had when he was a minister. From memory, of the 10 reports, something like eight were four days or fewer late. This is a crisis for the state—four days late! I beg the question: what was the agenda of the upper house committee? Was it so offended and so concerned about parliamentary democracy in Western Australia that reports were four days late? Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You don’t care about accountability, do you? You don’t care about the fact that he was sloppy. You don’t care about the fact that he didn’t tell the truth to the committee. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The biggest issue for the Labor Party — Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Is your standards. That’s the biggest issue. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, if you are asking a question and you want to get an answer, I suggest that you do not interject. I formally call you to order for the second time today. Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : If this is a major issue for the Leader of the Opposition—that some relatively minor reports are four days late—I think he needs to get a sense of perspective. He really needs to focus on the issues that affect the people of Western Australia instead of on nonsense like that.
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