❓ A parliamentary question addresses the increase in Aboriginal female suicides in WA, particularly in the Kimberley, and links it to cannabis use. The Premier rejects the link and defends his government's record on Indigenous issues and cannabis policy.
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ABORIGINAL FEMALE SUICIDES AND CANNABIS
I refer to recent statistics compiled by Professor Sven Silburn of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, in which he refers to Aboriginal suicide as a priority issue and says - Suicide among Indigenous females has . . . become more frequent in recent years e.g. over two thirds of all WA Indigenous female suicides over the past two decades occurred in the six years between 2000 and 2005. Also - During the past two to three years some areas of the Kimberley have experienced extraordinarily high local rates of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviour. . . (1) Why have female suicides increased so dramatically since Labor came to government and what is being done about it? (2) Is it not true that cannabis is a significant contributing factor to many of the suicides and attempted suicides in the current Kimberley crisis? (3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to recent statistics compiled by Professor Sven Silburn of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, in which he refers to Aboriginal suicide as a priority issue and says - Suicide among Indigenous females has . . . become more frequent in recent years e.g. over two thirds of all WA Indigenous female suicides over the past two decades occurred in the six years between 2000 and 2005. Also - During the past two to three years some areas of the Kimberley have experienced extraordinarily high local rates of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviour. . . (1) Why have female suicides increased so dramatically since Labor came to government and what is being done about it? (2) Is it not true that cannabis is a significant contributing factor to many of the suicides and attempted suicides in the current Kimberley crisis? (3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(2) Is it not true that cannabis is a significant contributing factor to many of the suicides and attempted suicides in the current Kimberley crisis? (3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(2) Is it not true that cannabis is a significant contributing factor to many of the suicides and attempted suicides in the current Kimberley crisis? (3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(3) How does the Premier’s policy on cannabis help the situation? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. This obviously is a very serious issue. I reject the proposition the member put in the last part of her series of questions. I remind the house that about three weeks ago in this place I produced statistics that no-one has refuted. They show that since we changed the law the level of cannabis use in Western Australia has declined dramatically among school-aged children; that is, the cohort of children aged between 12 and 17 years old. Cannabis remains illegal. It is still an offence to possess cannabis. Let me ask the member this question in return, if I may: does the opposition have any intention of overturning the law if it wins government? It does not, because our position was supported by health authorities and by the police. That deals with that issue. I have not seen the statistics that the member quoted to demonstrate that there has been an escalation of suicides. That is a matter of great concern. There has not been a government in the history of this state that has taken more steps to deal with issues of Indigenous alienation, Indigenous health problems, Indigenous social problems or Indigenous domestic violence and child abuse problems. There has never been a government in the history of Western Australia - no-one refutes it - that has worked more assiduously to address these issues. I repeat what I have said in this Parliament before: while the opposition was in government, it did absolutely nothing. It ignored the issue. It is therefore not surprising that no statistics were gathered that reflected the reality of life in many of those Indigenous communities. Not only did the former government ignore it, but also it hid the reality when that was brought to its attention. Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Dr K.D. Hames interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Dawesville! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The former government hid the reality when that reality was brought to its attention, and that weighs heavily on the conscience of members opposite. Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr J.H.D. Day : Give us the evidence of something being hidden. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have heard some of the evidence that members opposite do not like to hear from an account of one of the member’s own members of Parliament. We have addressed these issues through - Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Ms S.E. Walker : You haven’t. You haven’t answered my question. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Why do I not sit down so that the member can ask me a supplementary question?
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