❓ Opposition questions the Premier's alleged plans for nationalising industries, specifically mentioning pastoralists, egg farmers, and yabby farmers. The Premier deflects by referencing the Nationals' past involvement with potato marketing regulations and highlights government initiatives in lithium, tourism, defence, and rail.
AnsweredQoN 685Legislative Assembly
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INDUSTRY —
NATIONALISATION — LABOR PARTY
685. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Which industry does the Premier intend to target next on his list of
nationalisation experiments before the hubcaps come off his government
completely —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Start
again. I could not hear it.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Is it
pastoralists, egg farmers or yabby farmers?
NATIONALISATION — LABOR PARTY
685. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Which industry does the Premier intend to target next on his list of
nationalisation experiments before the hubcaps come off his government
completely —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! Start
again. I could not hear it.
Mr P.J. RUNDLE : Is it
pastoralists, egg farmers or yabby farmers?
AnswerView source ↗
Yabby farmers? According to the
member, I now have a secret plan to nationalise the yabby industry!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr F.M. Logan : Remember the
potato marketing board?
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is a good
point. The yabbies are frightened, are they not? They are out there waiting for
me to come and take them away!
I
must say that the member for Cockburn, the minister, has raised a very good
point. Remember the potato marketing corporation? There we had the National
Party regulating the number of potatoes that were grown, and the sorts of
potatoes that were grown—the types—and they had laws in place
and supported threatening to arrest people who might transport them in their
car boot! There were inspection powers so if someone had potatoes in their
boot, their car could be stopped to see whether potatoes were in their boot.
The Nationals supported that. Then, when we came to office, the Nationals
backed the prosecution of a prominent Western Australian businessperson for
growing potatoes. He needed to be prosecuted and he needed to be sent broke
according to the National Party.
Then, the Nationals engaged in—frankly,
I do not know; I do not like throwing this around—Stalinist behaviour.
Joe Stalin would not have gone that far, seriously—to prosecute someone
for growing potatoes. The Soviets were pro-potatoes! The Nationals wanted to
prosecute someone for growing potatoes, and we stopped the prosecution of a businessperson
for growing potatoes, and the Nationals objected to it.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is true that this government is
pursuing other industries, and I want to explain a few to members. Lithium—we
want to expand the lithium industry in Western Australia. Tourism—our
Minister for Tourism is off now and he will shortly be bringing home the first
flight from Japan. He will be flying it in. I would not be surprised if he were
at the controls, knowing him.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : He will be.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He will be at the
controls, using some of his Navy skills.
There is lithium and tourism.
Defence—do not worry; we are working hard on fixing the submarines in Western Australia. We are building rail carriages
in Western Australia. This government is after numerous industries to
locate and provide jobs in our state.
member, I now have a secret plan to nationalise the yabby industry!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr F.M. Logan : Remember the
potato marketing board?
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is a good
point. The yabbies are frightened, are they not? They are out there waiting for
me to come and take them away!
I
must say that the member for Cockburn, the minister, has raised a very good
point. Remember the potato marketing corporation? There we had the National
Party regulating the number of potatoes that were grown, and the sorts of
potatoes that were grown—the types—and they had laws in place
and supported threatening to arrest people who might transport them in their
car boot! There were inspection powers so if someone had potatoes in their
boot, their car could be stopped to see whether potatoes were in their boot.
The Nationals supported that. Then, when we came to office, the Nationals
backed the prosecution of a prominent Western Australian businessperson for
growing potatoes. He needed to be prosecuted and he needed to be sent broke
according to the National Party.
Then, the Nationals engaged in—frankly,
I do not know; I do not like throwing this around—Stalinist behaviour.
Joe Stalin would not have gone that far, seriously—to prosecute someone
for growing potatoes. The Soviets were pro-potatoes! The Nationals wanted to
prosecute someone for growing potatoes, and we stopped the prosecution of a businessperson
for growing potatoes, and the Nationals objected to it.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is true that this government is
pursuing other industries, and I want to explain a few to members. Lithium—we
want to expand the lithium industry in Western Australia. Tourism—our
Minister for Tourism is off now and he will shortly be bringing home the first
flight from Japan. He will be flying it in. I would not be surprised if he were
at the controls, knowing him.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : He will be.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He will be at the
controls, using some of his Navy skills.
There is lithium and tourism.
Defence—do not worry; we are working hard on fixing the submarines in Western Australia. We are building rail carriages
in Western Australia. This government is after numerous industries to
locate and provide jobs in our state.
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