❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Premier about the impact of staff communication regarding the Minister for Transport on the relationship between the Premier and the Minister. The Premier dismisses the question as trivial and criticises the questioner.
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MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT — EMAIL
614. Mr B.S. WYATT to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier —
Mr
B.J. Grylls interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
B.S. WYATT : Does the Premier think it is this sort of dialogue between his
staff and third parties about the Minister for Transport that perhaps has
contributed to the breakdown of trust between the Premier and the Minister for
Transport?
614. Mr B.S. WYATT to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier —
Mr
B.J. Grylls interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr
B.S. WYATT : Does the Premier think it is this sort of dialogue between his
staff and third parties about the Minister for Transport that perhaps has
contributed to the breakdown of trust between the Premier and the Minister for
Transport?
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It is truly pathetic —
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : It is unprecedented.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Unprecedented—give us a break! We hear your language
around the corridors; we hear the journalists' language around the
corridors —
Mrs
M.H. Roberts interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Midland, I call you to order for the first time.
Premier, a quick answer.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : When I arrived here, a group of journalists, as they are
inclined to do, asked me some questions on a few issues as a doorstop and asked
me about this number one or number two issue that the member is running. I looked
at all of them and said, ''I've heard worse from you; I've
heard you use worse language than that'', and they all burst out
laughing. But the member for Victoria Park takes it seriously as a question. He
is a joke.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : It is unprecedented.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : Unprecedented—give us a break! We hear your language
around the corridors; we hear the journalists' language around the
corridors —
Mrs
M.H. Roberts interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Midland, I call you to order for the first time.
Premier, a quick answer.
Mr
C.J. BARNETT : When I arrived here, a group of journalists, as they are
inclined to do, asked me some questions on a few issues as a doorstop and asked
me about this number one or number two issue that the member is running. I looked
at all of them and said, ''I've heard worse from you; I've
heard you use worse language than that'', and they all burst out
laughing. But the member for Victoria Park takes it seriously as a question. He
is a joke.
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