❓ Mr. Ripper questions Premier Barnett about conflicting accounts regarding the timing of notification for a meeting with Federal Minister Tony Burke concerning Kimberley heritage listings. Barnett maintains he received short notice, despite claims of earlier communication.
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KIMBERLEY — FEDERAL HERITAGE LISTING PROPOSAL
According to my notes, on radio last week the Premier said, in relation to federal proposals for heritage listings in the Kimberley — … I’m not being precious about this. But arriving in Perth and then ringing up a few hours before, the night before and saying, you know, “I, Tony Burke am available for a meeting” … look, if I’d been free I would have met him, but I wasn’t, I had other commitments, simple as that. Why did the Premier mislead the public when, in fact, Tony Burke’s office first offered him a briefing on 25 July, 10 days before he arrived in Perth, and not the night before? Mr C.J. BARNETT
According to my notes, on radio last week the Premier said, in relation to federal proposals for heritage listings in the Kimberley — … I’m not being precious about this. But arriving in Perth and then ringing up a few hours before, the night before and saying, you know, “I, Tony Burke am available for a meeting” … look, if I’d been free I would have met him, but I wasn’t, I had other commitments, simple as that. Why did the Premier mislead the public when, in fact, Tony Burke’s office first offered him a briefing on 25 July, 10 days before he arrived in Perth, and not the night before? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I actually had a conversation with Tony Burke yesterday, but apart from that, the notice I had that he was arriving in Perth was literally a day or two days before. I am happy to meet with Tony Burke; I happen to think he is one of the better federal ministers and I think he is a nice guy, but the point I make is that when we suggested some times, Tony Burke was not available and I had other commitments, so it just simply did not work out. That is what happened. Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I actually had a conversation with Tony Burke yesterday, but apart from that, the notice I had that he was arriving in Perth was literally a day or two days before. I am happy to meet with Tony Burke; I happen to think he is one of the better federal ministers and I think he is a nice guy, but the point I make is that when we suggested some times, Tony Burke was not available and I had other commitments, so it just simply did not work out. That is what happened. Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
I actually had a conversation with Tony Burke yesterday, but apart from that, the notice I had that he was arriving in Perth was literally a day or two days before. I am happy to meet with Tony Burke; I happen to think he is one of the better federal ministers and I think he is a nice guy, but the point I make is that when we suggested some times, Tony Burke was not available and I had other commitments, so it just simply did not work out. That is what happened. Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I actually had a conversation with Tony Burke yesterday, but apart from that, the notice I had that he was arriving in Perth was literally a day or two days before. I am happy to meet with Tony Burke; I happen to think he is one of the better federal ministers and I think he is a nice guy, but the point I make is that when we suggested some times, Tony Burke was not available and I had other commitments, so it just simply did not work out. That is what happened. Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
I actually had a conversation with Tony Burke yesterday, but apart from that, the notice I had that he was arriving in Perth was literally a day or two days before. I am happy to meet with Tony Burke; I happen to think he is one of the better federal ministers and I think he is a nice guy, but the point I make is that when we suggested some times, Tony Burke was not available and I had other commitments, so it just simply did not work out. That is what happened. Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr R.H. Cook : Ten days before. Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, literally a couple of days before. He may well have written communications, but the times that he was available, which were very limited, did not match the times I was available. That is why we did not meet; simple as that.
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