❓ Premier Carpenter responds to concerns about public sector standards by attacking the opposition leader's handling of a colleague's alleged misconduct and raising questions about donations and potential corruption.
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PUBLIC SECTOR STANDARDS
Does the Premier wish to make any further comments in response to the Leader of the Opposition’s comments yesterday about standards in government? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Does the Premier wish to make any further comments in response to the Leader of the Opposition’s comments yesterday about standards in government? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I do, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. This week in Parliament has been a great revelation. We have seen a contrast between how the government responds when improper behaviour by a member on its side is revealed, and how members on the other side respond. Imagine what would have happened, and how it would have been treated by the media, if the story had been not the member for Vasse sitting in a car with Noel Crichton-Browne, but the former member for Peel sitting in a car with Brian Burke! What I would have done is seek a sufficient explanation. In the absence of a sufficient explanation - there is not one, because the member for Vasse was in that car colluding on his evidence to the CCC, which is totally and grossly improper, if not illegal - he would have been summarily sacked. The reason he has not been sacked is that the Leader of the Opposition does not want to sack him. His one vote delivered the leadership to the Leader of the Opposition. His treachery against the former leader delivered the Leader of the Opposition the one critical vote he needed. Maybe the member for Vasse knows something about the Leader of the Opposition that we do not know yet. Maybe he knows something about the history of Gnarabup Beach, for example, and the Leader of the Opposition’s role as a local government minister. It is in the Leader of the Opposition’s neck of the woods. I invite people to investigate what the member for Vasse does. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition knows something. Why did the proponents of the Gnarabup Beach development donate to his campaign? Maybe the member for Vasse knows more about the issue that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure raised yesterday when she pointed out that the Smiths Beach proponents were delivered a huge windfall benefit by the Liberal Party in government after it received a donation from the developers. If that is not improper and if it does not sniff of corruption, what does? Does it matter? The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I do, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. This week in Parliament has been a great revelation. We have seen a contrast between how the government responds when improper behaviour by a member on its side is revealed, and how members on the other side respond. Imagine what would have happened, and how it would have been treated by the media, if the story had been not the member for Vasse sitting in a car with Noel Crichton-Browne, but the former member for Peel sitting in a car with Brian Burke! What I would have done is seek a sufficient explanation. In the absence of a sufficient explanation - there is not one, because the member for Vasse was in that car colluding on his evidence to the CCC, which is totally and grossly improper, if not illegal - he would have been summarily sacked. The reason he has not been sacked is that the Leader of the Opposition does not want to sack him. His one vote delivered the leadership to the Leader of the Opposition. His treachery against the former leader delivered the Leader of the Opposition the one critical vote he needed. Maybe the member for Vasse knows something about the Leader of the Opposition that we do not know yet. Maybe he knows something about the history of Gnarabup Beach, for example, and the Leader of the Opposition’s role as a local government minister. It is in the Leader of the Opposition’s neck of the woods. I invite people to investigate what the member for Vasse does. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition knows something. Why did the proponents of the Gnarabup Beach development donate to his campaign? Maybe the member for Vasse knows more about the issue that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure raised yesterday when she pointed out that the Smiths Beach proponents were delivered a huge windfall benefit by the Liberal Party in government after it received a donation from the developers. If that is not improper and if it does not sniff of corruption, what does? Does it matter? The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
I do, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. This week in Parliament has been a great revelation. We have seen a contrast between how the government responds when improper behaviour by a member on its side is revealed, and how members on the other side respond. Imagine what would have happened, and how it would have been treated by the media, if the story had been not the member for Vasse sitting in a car with Noel Crichton-Browne, but the former member for Peel sitting in a car with Brian Burke! What I would have done is seek a sufficient explanation. In the absence of a sufficient explanation - there is not one, because the member for Vasse was in that car colluding on his evidence to the CCC, which is totally and grossly improper, if not illegal - he would have been summarily sacked. The reason he has not been sacked is that the Leader of the Opposition does not want to sack him. His one vote delivered the leadership to the Leader of the Opposition. His treachery against the former leader delivered the Leader of the Opposition the one critical vote he needed. Maybe the member for Vasse knows something about the Leader of the Opposition that we do not know yet. Maybe he knows something about the history of Gnarabup Beach, for example, and the Leader of the Opposition’s role as a local government minister. It is in the Leader of the Opposition’s neck of the woods. I invite people to investigate what the member for Vasse does. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition knows something. Why did the proponents of the Gnarabup Beach development donate to his campaign? Maybe the member for Vasse knows more about the issue that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure raised yesterday when she pointed out that the Smiths Beach proponents were delivered a huge windfall benefit by the Liberal Party in government after it received a donation from the developers. If that is not improper and if it does not sniff of corruption, what does? Does it matter? The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I do, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. This week in Parliament has been a great revelation. We have seen a contrast between how the government responds when improper behaviour by a member on its side is revealed, and how members on the other side respond. Imagine what would have happened, and how it would have been treated by the media, if the story had been not the member for Vasse sitting in a car with Noel Crichton-Browne, but the former member for Peel sitting in a car with Brian Burke! What I would have done is seek a sufficient explanation. In the absence of a sufficient explanation - there is not one, because the member for Vasse was in that car colluding on his evidence to the CCC, which is totally and grossly improper, if not illegal - he would have been summarily sacked. The reason he has not been sacked is that the Leader of the Opposition does not want to sack him. His one vote delivered the leadership to the Leader of the Opposition. His treachery against the former leader delivered the Leader of the Opposition the one critical vote he needed. Maybe the member for Vasse knows something about the Leader of the Opposition that we do not know yet. Maybe he knows something about the history of Gnarabup Beach, for example, and the Leader of the Opposition’s role as a local government minister. It is in the Leader of the Opposition’s neck of the woods. I invite people to investigate what the member for Vasse does. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition knows something. Why did the proponents of the Gnarabup Beach development donate to his campaign? Maybe the member for Vasse knows more about the issue that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure raised yesterday when she pointed out that the Smiths Beach proponents were delivered a huge windfall benefit by the Liberal Party in government after it received a donation from the developers. If that is not improper and if it does not sniff of corruption, what does? Does it matter? The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
I do, Mr Speaker. I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. This week in Parliament has been a great revelation. We have seen a contrast between how the government responds when improper behaviour by a member on its side is revealed, and how members on the other side respond. Imagine what would have happened, and how it would have been treated by the media, if the story had been not the member for Vasse sitting in a car with Noel Crichton-Browne, but the former member for Peel sitting in a car with Brian Burke! What I would have done is seek a sufficient explanation. In the absence of a sufficient explanation - there is not one, because the member for Vasse was in that car colluding on his evidence to the CCC, which is totally and grossly improper, if not illegal - he would have been summarily sacked. The reason he has not been sacked is that the Leader of the Opposition does not want to sack him. His one vote delivered the leadership to the Leader of the Opposition. His treachery against the former leader delivered the Leader of the Opposition the one critical vote he needed. Maybe the member for Vasse knows something about the Leader of the Opposition that we do not know yet. Maybe he knows something about the history of Gnarabup Beach, for example, and the Leader of the Opposition’s role as a local government minister. It is in the Leader of the Opposition’s neck of the woods. I invite people to investigate what the member for Vasse does. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition knows something. Why did the proponents of the Gnarabup Beach development donate to his campaign? Maybe the member for Vasse knows more about the issue that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure raised yesterday when she pointed out that the Smiths Beach proponents were delivered a huge windfall benefit by the Liberal Party in government after it received a donation from the developers. If that is not improper and if it does not sniff of corruption, what does? Does it matter? The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The member for Cottesloe - he has all the answers - should tell us about the donations to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club or is that just a vehicle for corruption? If it is not, the Leader of the Liberal Party should demand that the state Liberal Party reveal to the public everybody who donates through the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. He should get it on the public record so we can all see who makes donations. Who knows whether the 500 Club is a vehicle for corruption? No-one will ever know because the Liberal Party will not tell anybody who these donors are. That is what it has said. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Vasse to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Last night Channel Seven news reported the Leader of the Opposition as saying, “What Troy Buswell does is Troy Buswell’s business.” Is that right? Whatever the member for Vasse does, it does not matter - it is nobody else’s business! It is not the business of the Leader of the Opposition. Is that right? It is his business; the member for Vasse is the Leader of the Opposition’s deputy. He is the prospective next Deputy Premier of the state. If he is acting improperly, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is not telling the truth, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. If he is trying to corrupt the investigation of the CCC, it is the Leader of the Opposition’s business. For the Leader of the Opposition to say that it is not his business shows his lack of strength as a leader. He should test his strength by sacking him. Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Show me Norm Marlborough being expelled from the Labor Party. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Where is Norm Marlborough? He is gone from the Parliament, he is gone from the ministry, but the member for Vasse sits in this place day after day. We should ask the members for Kalgoorlie, Hillarys and Leschenault about the character of the man they are defending. The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on this matter. He should act. Perhaps what the member for Vasse does is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. If it is not the Leader of the Opposition’s business, maybe it is Noel Crichton-Browne’s business. This character drove the member for Churchlands out of the Liberal Party. He also drove the former member for South Perth out of the Liberal Party. I understand he exercises no political influence these days. I issue a challenge to the leader of the Liberal Party: he should sack the member for Vasse. He should publicly call upon the state Liberal Party to reveal the donors to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club. Then we can hold it up against all the development applications and all the approvals. Then we will know who is involved, just as we now know that the Liberal Party received a donation from Canal Rocks Pty Ltd and made a decision that gave tremendous benefit to the Canal Rocks developers. Canal Rocks received no benefit from us. In fact, quite the contrary. It is funny, is it not? Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : It would be great if the Liberal Party said, “Just to prove all those things wrong, here are all the people who have donated to the Liberal Party’s 500 Club.” We would all see that accountability that the Liberal Party is so proud to claim. It is not accountable; it is completely unaccountable. The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The short answer to the question is that this side of Parliament has demonstrated that when somebody acts improperly, there is a consequence. It is not dependent upon the finding of the CCC. The CCC brought down no finding against Norm Marlborough. I sacked him. Yesterday when I told the Leader of the Opposition to sack the member for Vasse, he asked why because the CCC has not found anything against him. Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I didn’t say that at all. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The Leader of the Opposition said that I had no right to make that judgment. He said, “Who are you?” I am the Premier. I made a judgment about Norm Marlborough. The CCC has found no evidence of impropriety - Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr T.R. Sprigg interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Murdoch to order. I say to members that it is no good having question time if we cannot hear the person on his or her feet. If we have a roar of noise at that level again, we will finish question time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Sadly, the Leader of the Opposition has demonstrated his absolute inability to uphold any level of standard of behaviour. He has not done a thing about it. The member for Vasse, for the sake of the record, sits in this chamber laughing when everybody in Western Australia has observed that he has been caught out acting totally improperly, if not illegally. Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Premier has implied or asserted that the member for Vasse has acted improperly, perhaps illegally. I ask you to request that he withdraw those remarks. I suggest that if he has any evidence to add to the CCC, he submit it or be quiet. The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : There is nothing in relation to suggesting that someone has acted improperly that would breach standing orders. The Premier did not say “illegally”; he said “possibly illegally”. The member for Cottesloe heard that and quoted it. Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett : He did not say that. The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I do not wish to have a debate with the member for Cottesloe. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time. There is no point of order. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I have concluded my answer.
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