❓ Mr Barron-Sullivan asks the Minister for Environment and Heritage to commit to limiting her office staff to 19. The Minister avoids a direct answer, instead outlining her portfolio responsibilities and criticising the Opposition's lack of engagement.
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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE, STAFF
Will the minister give a firm commitment to the House that she will not allow the number of staff in her office to expand to more than 19? Dr EDWARDS
Will the minister give a firm commitment to the House that she will not allow the number of staff in her office to expand to more than 19? Dr EDWARDS
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I will tell members opposite exactly what I do; it will provide a useful lesson in what being a minister involves. I have responsibility for implementing the old-growth forest policy. We are doing extremely well on that policy. How many questions have members opposite asked me about the implementation of that policy? Zero. I hear only silence from the other side. The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I will tell members opposite exactly what I do; it will provide a useful lesson in what being a minister involves. I have responsibility for implementing the old-growth forest policy. We are doing extremely well on that policy. How many questions have members opposite asked me about the implementation of that policy? Zero. I hear only silence from the other side. The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
I will tell members opposite exactly what I do; it will provide a useful lesson in what being a minister involves. I have responsibility for implementing the old-growth forest policy. We are doing extremely well on that policy. How many questions have members opposite asked me about the implementation of that policy? Zero. I hear only silence from the other side. The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I will tell members opposite exactly what I do; it will provide a useful lesson in what being a minister involves. I have responsibility for implementing the old-growth forest policy. We are doing extremely well on that policy. How many questions have members opposite asked me about the implementation of that policy? Zero. I hear only silence from the other side. The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
I will tell members opposite exactly what I do; it will provide a useful lesson in what being a minister involves. I have responsibility for implementing the old-growth forest policy. We are doing extremely well on that policy. How many questions have members opposite asked me about the implementation of that policy? Zero. I hear only silence from the other side. The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
The newest member of this Parliament, the member for Nedlands, is the only member for Nedlands I have seen who has made the Leader of the Opposition smile during the decade that I have been here! The member for Nedlands supports our policy. The second major area I have to implement is our salinity policy. Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Several members interjected. Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
Dr EDWARDS: Is the Leader of the Opposition not interested in my answer? Let me talk to the National Party. Recently, I announced a high-powered task force to consider our salinity policy, to modify the good work the former Government did and to move on. The third area I deal with across government concerns the greenhouse policy. To do all of that, I have a chief of staff and two policy officers and other people to do ancillary functions that the Opposition does not care about, including dealing with environmental appeals. What a silly question. The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
The SPEAKER: Perhaps I should not allow a supplementary question on the last question of the day because it takes some time.
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