❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier about a minister potentially identifying former employees using parliamentary privilege. The Premier defends the minister and accuses the Leader of the Opposition of inflammatory and damaging behaviour.
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CORPORATION — MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM'S COMMENTS
185. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier think that it is appropriate for a government minister to
identify former employees of an organisation, using parliamentary privilege in
that way?
Several members interjected.
CORPORATION — MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM'S COMMENTS
185. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier think that it is appropriate for a government minister to
identify former employees of an organisation, using parliamentary privilege in
that way?
Several members interjected.
AnswerView source ↗
I can hear the minister interjecting
to indicate that he did not and I have no reason to believe that he did. I know that the Leader of the Opposition says lots
of things about this matter that are inflammatory and wrong—constantly — in order to try to stir up more clicks and more
headlines in the hope that somehow he will create turmoil that self- perpetuates
an adverse outcome for Western Australia. It is his hope that somehow something
bad will happen to Western Australia because he has created enough doubt in
relation to an issue—for instance, claiming that there has been money
laundering when there is absolutely no evidence that there has. That is
actually the inappropriate thing that has
gone on here—the Leader of the Opposition's behaviour in this
matter. Ordinarily, oppositions should be on the side of the people of
the state; he is clearly not.
to indicate that he did not and I have no reason to believe that he did. I know that the Leader of the Opposition says lots
of things about this matter that are inflammatory and wrong—constantly — in order to try to stir up more clicks and more
headlines in the hope that somehow he will create turmoil that self- perpetuates
an adverse outcome for Western Australia. It is his hope that somehow something
bad will happen to Western Australia because he has created enough doubt in
relation to an issue—for instance, claiming that there has been money
laundering when there is absolutely no evidence that there has. That is
actually the inappropriate thing that has
gone on here—the Leader of the Opposition's behaviour in this
matter. Ordinarily, oppositions should be on the side of the people of
the state; he is clearly not.
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