❓ Mr. Birney questions Premier Gallop on the impact of state government policies on country areas, citing concerns raised after the federal election. Dr. Gallop defends the policies, attributing the federal result to national issues and criticizes the opposition's stance.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES, EFFECT ON COUNTRY AREAS
I refer the Premier to the substantial increase in the two-party preferred vote for the Liberal Party in the federal seat of Kalgoorlie. Paul Browning, the failed Australian Labor Party candidate for Kalgoorlie, is reported in the Kalgoorlie Miner as saying the day after the election - I am not going to let the State Government get off scot-free . . . The State Government needs to develop with some urgency a measure of political smarts if it is to avoid complete annihilation at the next election . . . The Labor member for Eyre - whom I have always found to be an honest man - is reported in today’s Kalgoorlie Miner as saying - Some of our policies did not help him . . . There is no doubt that one-vote, one-value has been a big negative during the Federal campaign, . . . Will the Premier now admit that the policies of this State Government are devastating country Western Australia? Dr GALLOP
I refer the Premier to the substantial increase in the two-party preferred vote for the Liberal Party in the federal seat of Kalgoorlie. Paul Browning, the failed Australian Labor Party candidate for Kalgoorlie, is reported in the Kalgoorlie Miner as saying the day after the election - I am not going to let the State Government get off scot-free . . . The State Government needs to develop with some urgency a measure of political smarts if it is to avoid complete annihilation at the next election . . . The Labor member for Eyre - whom I have always found to be an honest man - is reported in today’s Kalgoorlie Miner as saying - Some of our policies did not help him . . . There is no doubt that one-vote, one-value has been a big negative during the Federal campaign, . . . Will the Premier now admit that the policies of this State Government are devastating country Western Australia? Dr GALLOP
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What an opportunity! Is the member for Kalgoorlie eyeing a metropolitan seat; and if yes, which one? He is not eyeing one off. That is good. I look forward to the next state election when, as a result of the establishment of the principle of one vote, one value in the Legislative Assembly, there will be a contest between the now member for Eyre and the now member for Kalgoorlie. I know whom my money will be on. Mr Browning, who is the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie, and the state member for Eyre, who has raised this issue, have noted something: the Liberal Party in Western Australia is engaged in a campaign to demonise the very policy it took to the 1996 election. Much froth and bubble goes on with the leading lights of the Liberal Party, some members of the National Party and One Nation. One must distinguish between the substance and the froth and bubble of politics. I respectfully say to my colleague the member for Eyre and Mr Browning that I think they are wrong. When the voters went to the polls last Saturday, they were voting for a national Parliament and Government. I know that Australians vote with intelligence. The voters in Kalgoorlie were voting for the person they wanted to be their representative, and they chose Mr Haase; and for the people they wanted in government, and Mr Howard got a majority. This side of the House accepts the will of the people. Mr Haase’s re-election has been the determination from that result. The efforts of the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Kalgoorlie and others to try to draw some significance from those events - Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
The State Government needs to develop with some urgency a measure of political smarts if it is to avoid complete annihilation at the next election . . .
There is no doubt that one-vote, one-value has been a big negative during the Federal campaign, . . .
Dr GALLOP replied: What an opportunity! Is the member for Kalgoorlie eyeing a metropolitan seat; and if yes, which one? He is not eyeing one off. That is good. I look forward to the next state election when, as a result of the establishment of the principle of one vote, one value in the Legislative Assembly, there will be a contest between the now member for Eyre and the now member for Kalgoorlie. I know whom my money will be on. Mr Browning, who is the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie, and the state member for Eyre, who has raised this issue, have noted something: the Liberal Party in Western Australia is engaged in a campaign to demonise the very policy it took to the 1996 election. Much froth and bubble goes on with the leading lights of the Liberal Party, some members of the National Party and One Nation. One must distinguish between the substance and the froth and bubble of politics. I respectfully say to my colleague the member for Eyre and Mr Browning that I think they are wrong. When the voters went to the polls last Saturday, they were voting for a national Parliament and Government. I know that Australians vote with intelligence. The voters in Kalgoorlie were voting for the person they wanted to be their representative, and they chose Mr Haase; and for the people they wanted in government, and Mr Howard got a majority. This side of the House accepts the will of the people. Mr Haase’s re-election has been the determination from that result. The efforts of the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Kalgoorlie and others to try to draw some significance from those events - Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
What an opportunity! Is the member for Kalgoorlie eyeing a metropolitan seat; and if yes, which one? He is not eyeing one off. That is good. I look forward to the next state election when, as a result of the establishment of the principle of one vote, one value in the Legislative Assembly, there will be a contest between the now member for Eyre and the now member for Kalgoorlie. I know whom my money will be on. Mr Browning, who is the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie, and the state member for Eyre, who has raised this issue, have noted something: the Liberal Party in Western Australia is engaged in a campaign to demonise the very policy it took to the 1996 election. Much froth and bubble goes on with the leading lights of the Liberal Party, some members of the National Party and One Nation. One must distinguish between the substance and the froth and bubble of politics. I respectfully say to my colleague the member for Eyre and Mr Browning that I think they are wrong. When the voters went to the polls last Saturday, they were voting for a national Parliament and Government. I know that Australians vote with intelligence. The voters in Kalgoorlie were voting for the person they wanted to be their representative, and they chose Mr Haase; and for the people they wanted in government, and Mr Howard got a majority. This side of the House accepts the will of the people. Mr Haase’s re-election has been the determination from that result. The efforts of the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Kalgoorlie and others to try to draw some significance from those events - Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
The State Government needs to develop with some urgency a measure of political smarts if it is to avoid complete annihilation at the next election . . .
There is no doubt that one-vote, one-value has been a big negative during the Federal campaign, . . .
Dr GALLOP replied: What an opportunity! Is the member for Kalgoorlie eyeing a metropolitan seat; and if yes, which one? He is not eyeing one off. That is good. I look forward to the next state election when, as a result of the establishment of the principle of one vote, one value in the Legislative Assembly, there will be a contest between the now member for Eyre and the now member for Kalgoorlie. I know whom my money will be on. Mr Browning, who is the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie, and the state member for Eyre, who has raised this issue, have noted something: the Liberal Party in Western Australia is engaged in a campaign to demonise the very policy it took to the 1996 election. Much froth and bubble goes on with the leading lights of the Liberal Party, some members of the National Party and One Nation. One must distinguish between the substance and the froth and bubble of politics. I respectfully say to my colleague the member for Eyre and Mr Browning that I think they are wrong. When the voters went to the polls last Saturday, they were voting for a national Parliament and Government. I know that Australians vote with intelligence. The voters in Kalgoorlie were voting for the person they wanted to be their representative, and they chose Mr Haase; and for the people they wanted in government, and Mr Howard got a majority. This side of the House accepts the will of the people. Mr Haase’s re-election has been the determination from that result. The efforts of the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Kalgoorlie and others to try to draw some significance from those events - Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
What an opportunity! Is the member for Kalgoorlie eyeing a metropolitan seat; and if yes, which one? He is not eyeing one off. That is good. I look forward to the next state election when, as a result of the establishment of the principle of one vote, one value in the Legislative Assembly, there will be a contest between the now member for Eyre and the now member for Kalgoorlie. I know whom my money will be on. Mr Browning, who is the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie, and the state member for Eyre, who has raised this issue, have noted something: the Liberal Party in Western Australia is engaged in a campaign to demonise the very policy it took to the 1996 election. Much froth and bubble goes on with the leading lights of the Liberal Party, some members of the National Party and One Nation. One must distinguish between the substance and the froth and bubble of politics. I respectfully say to my colleague the member for Eyre and Mr Browning that I think they are wrong. When the voters went to the polls last Saturday, they were voting for a national Parliament and Government. I know that Australians vote with intelligence. The voters in Kalgoorlie were voting for the person they wanted to be their representative, and they chose Mr Haase; and for the people they wanted in government, and Mr Howard got a majority. This side of the House accepts the will of the people. Mr Haase’s re-election has been the determination from that result. The efforts of the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Kalgoorlie and others to try to draw some significance from those events - Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett: They were from the Labor Party. Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: I just said they are wrong. Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett: They are your people. Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: They are wrong. Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Day: Will you put a code of conduct in place? Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Birney interjected. Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: The man who is eyeing off a metropolitan seat and the Leader of the Opposition, who has no honour, are interjecting on me as I make the point that when the Australian people vote, they know what they are doing. I respectfully say to the member for Eyre and the former candidate for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie - Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Mr Barnett interjected. Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
Dr GALLOP: It will be soon. With respect, those people are wrong. This was a national election, and that is why people voted in that way.
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