❓ Opposition MP Rita Saffioti questions the Minister for Sport and Recreation, Mia Davies, about the escalating costs of the Perth Stadium project, specifically regarding transport infrastructure and overall project expenses. The exchange becomes heated, with accusations of misleading the house and unparliamentary language used by multiple members, leading to interventions from the Speaker.
AnsweredQoN 533Legislative Assembly
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PERTH
STADIUM — COSTS
533. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the
Minister for Sport and Recreation:
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm
that, on top of the $1.21 billion DBFM contract in 2014 NPV terms, additional
costs of the stadium precinct and other works is $150.6 million and that the
cost of the transport infrastructure on top of those two figures is $336.2 million?
STADIUM — COSTS
533. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the
Minister for Sport and Recreation:
I have a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm
that, on top of the $1.21 billion DBFM contract in 2014 NPV terms, additional
costs of the stadium precinct and other works is $150.6 million and that the
cost of the transport infrastructure on top of those two figures is $336.2 million?
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I have just gone through it and I am not going to change the
figures that I gave the member. The figures that we have and that every
minister involved in this project has given are $358 million for transport and
$1.2 billion for the contract value with Westadium, which includes
refurbishment. Members continue to compare oranges with apples and they are
making it confusing for the public.
Ms R. Saffioti :
You are misleading the house.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I
absolutely am not.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Sit
down, please! Member for West Swan and Minister for Sport and Recreation, I
call you to order for the first time. Member for West Swan, that is quite
enough. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair.
Ms M.J. DAVIES :
Thank you, Mr Speaker. We have been very consistent with the information that
we have provided the opposition. In fact, we have provided everything they have
asked for. I understand that this is a complex issue and I understand why the
member cannot get her head around it, but I cannot be responsible for that.
Point of Order
Mr
P.T. MILES : The member for Cannington just made some unparliamentary
comments about the minister and I ask that he be asked to withdraw them.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington.
Mr
W.J. JOHNSTON : Which remarks?
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cannington, I never heard what you said, but if you made an
unparliamentary comment, just withdraw.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON :
If I made an unparliamentary remark, I unconditionally withdraw.
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Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Spineless.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Minister for Police, I call you to order for the first time.
Withdrawal of Remark
Mr
W.J. JOHNSTON : Are we
suggesting that the comment ''spineless'' is parliamentary? I am
happy whichever ruling you want to make; it does not trouble me at all. I am
just making sure it is parliamentary.
The
SPEAKER : Please withdraw the
comment.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : I withdraw.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr W.J. Johnston : The good thing is I am not a thief.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, that is not necessary for you to even say
that. It is not necessary.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Swan Hills, I call you to order for the first time. It is
just not necessary.
Questions without
Notice Resumed
figures that I gave the member. The figures that we have and that every
minister involved in this project has given are $358 million for transport and
$1.2 billion for the contract value with Westadium, which includes
refurbishment. Members continue to compare oranges with apples and they are
making it confusing for the public.
Ms R. Saffioti :
You are misleading the house.
Ms M.J. DAVIES : I
absolutely am not.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Sit
down, please! Member for West Swan and Minister for Sport and Recreation, I
call you to order for the first time. Member for West Swan, that is quite
enough. Minister, a quick answer through the Chair.
Ms M.J. DAVIES :
Thank you, Mr Speaker. We have been very consistent with the information that
we have provided the opposition. In fact, we have provided everything they have
asked for. I understand that this is a complex issue and I understand why the
member cannot get her head around it, but I cannot be responsible for that.
Point of Order
Mr
P.T. MILES : The member for Cannington just made some unparliamentary
comments about the minister and I ask that he be asked to withdraw them.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington.
Mr
W.J. JOHNSTON : Which remarks?
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cannington, I never heard what you said, but if you made an
unparliamentary comment, just withdraw.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON :
If I made an unparliamentary remark, I unconditionally withdraw.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Spineless.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Minister for Police, I call you to order for the first time.
Withdrawal of Remark
Mr
W.J. JOHNSTON : Are we
suggesting that the comment ''spineless'' is parliamentary? I am
happy whichever ruling you want to make; it does not trouble me at all. I am
just making sure it is parliamentary.
The
SPEAKER : Please withdraw the
comment.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : I withdraw.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr W.J. Johnston : The good thing is I am not a thief.
The SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, that is not necessary for you to even say
that. It is not necessary.
Several members
interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Swan Hills, I call you to order for the first time. It is
just not necessary.
Questions without
Notice Resumed
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