❓ Question regarding ministers potentially influencing CEO employment decisions, violating the Public Sector Management Act. Premier Carpenter deflects, referencing past actions of the questioner and other members, without directly answering the question.
AnsweredQoN 874Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC SECTOR STANDARDS - REPORT ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
I thank you for your guidance, Mr Speaker. I will ask the question again in a modified form. The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has revealed that some government ministers have communicated with and sought to influence chief executive officers about employment decisions. Given that the Public Sector Management Act explicitly prohibits such actions, which ministers was the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards referring to, and what will the Premier do in response to the report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I thank you for your guidance, Mr Speaker. I will ask the question again in a modified form. The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has revealed that some government ministers have communicated with and sought to influence chief executive officers about employment decisions. Given that the Public Sector Management Act explicitly prohibits such actions, which ministers was the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards referring to, and what will the Premier do in response to the report? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
AnswerView source ↗
That question is very enlightening. For this member to stand up and ask such a question after what has been revealed about him in the past couple of days - Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: That question is very enlightening. For this member to stand up and ask such a question after what has been revealed about him in the past couple of days - Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
That question is very enlightening. For this member to stand up and ask such a question after what has been revealed about him in the past couple of days - Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
“Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: That question is very enlightening. For this member to stand up and ask such a question after what has been revealed about him in the past couple of days - Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
That question is very enlightening. For this member to stand up and ask such a question after what has been revealed about him in the past couple of days - Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Answer the question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do so. For the member for Vasse to ask a question about public sector standards is amazing. I remind the house of what the member for Hillarys said about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : The member has asked quite a specific question, requesting the names of the ministers referred to by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. It has nothing to do with the other issues the Premier is referring to. I would ask, Mr Speaker, that you insist on some relevance in answering questions. The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : Oppositions quite often hold opinions about the relevance of answers. The Premier has only just started the answer to this question and will, no doubt, answer the substantive part of the question in the near future. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : As far as I am aware from that report, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards has not identified anybody. I am aware of the Gary Byron case in the time of the previous government. Are we all aware of that one? Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : Why don’t you ever answer a question? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I am doing so. I am also aware that when the member for Cottesloe was Minister for Education, he threatened to sack, or have sacked, various people in the education department who dared to question his authority or his policy direction. That is the case, is it not? Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No, it is not; it is a complete falsehood. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Yes he did; he threatened to sack them. Speaking of falsehoods, I thank the member for the segue. This is what the member for Hillarys said about the man who asked this question. He said - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : This is quite an endorsement, and it is worth hearing. The member for Hillarys said - “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” The public service is operating as it has done over the past decade, but now it has an incredibly heightened level of accountability, as we have seen. With the establishment of the Corruption and Crime Commission, there has never been in Western Australia or any other state - Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
“Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
Mr P.D. Omodei : The Commissioner for Public Sector Standards said that there had been breaches. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : She did not put any names to them. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the members for Vasse and Cottesloe to order. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Now the opposition is asserting that I should have tried to influence the writing of the report. It is very important to support the public service, which is why I would never have done what my predecessor in education did; that is, threaten to sack people who did not like the direction he was taking. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has just accused me of threatening to sack a public servant. That is absolutely untrue and I would ask, in the interests of some decency in this chamber, that you ask the Premier to either substantiate that statement or withdraw it. The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : To accuse a person of threatening to sack someone heads towards a statement about the character of that person, the way it was inferred. I direct the Premier to withdraw that comment. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I heard just before that statement, by way of interjection, an implication from that very same member that the Minister for Tourism had broken the law. Not being an overinflated prima donna like the member who threw the insult, the Minister for Tourism did not seek a withdrawal. She just took it as part of the exchange in Parliament. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the Leader of the Opposition for the third time, and the member for Cottesloe for the second time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The report is an interesting document that needs some examination. Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr T. Buswell : Have you read it? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have not yet had a chance to read it. It is an interesting document to say the least; it needs some examination, and a response will be provided.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.