❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Treasurer about the cut-off date for revenue and expenditure estimates in the 2010-11 State Budget, seeking assurance of fiscal responsibility. The Treasurer's response is initially dismissive but later clarifies the timeline, while also criticizing the opposition's focus.
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STATE BUDGET 2010–11 — CUT-OFF DATE
I have a supplementary question. Again, can the Treasurer confirm to the house that the cut-off date for estimates of revenue and estimates of expenditure will be the same date so that he can present a fiscally responsible document? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I have a supplementary question. Again, can the Treasurer confirm to the house that the cut-off date for estimates of revenue and estimates of expenditure will be the same date so that he can present a fiscally responsible document? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I do not get it, but I know that the member for Victoria Park does not get it. There is a cut-off date. Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I do not get it, but I know that the member for Victoria Park does not get it. There is a cut-off date. Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
I do not get it, but I know that the member for Victoria Park does not get it. There is a cut-off date. Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I do not get it, but I know that the member for Victoria Park does not get it. There is a cut-off date. Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
I do not get it, but I know that the member for Victoria Park does not get it. There is a cut-off date. Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : We both don’t get it. Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Revenue is determined at the cut-off date, isn’t it? Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you determine revenue before expenditure? Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : This is not rocket science. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
The SPEAKER : The member for Victoria Park has the question before the house; no-one else does. I expect that the member wants to hear the answer to the question. I would prefer that people did not interject on either the member asking the question or the Treasurer. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The cut-off date for policy decisions, decisions of cabinet, was the cabinet meeting of last week. That was the final decision. One small cabinet decision to tidy up an item—I will explain that to the member on budget day if he wishes—has also been included. Finalisation of both revenue and expenditure figures will continue until the moment that the documentation goes to printing. In practical terms, that means the end of this week. Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That’s not what the Under Treasurer said in evidence. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Yes. Yesterday he said something very different. Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : That is what is happening. It is pretty interesting, is it not? This is the opposition’s number one question. Its number one question is the cut-off date for the budget. Opposition members really are focused on the big issues, are they not? They really are on to the big issues: the cut-off date for the budget. Would they like me to tell them when it goes to printing and when it comes back? Focus on the big issues. Try harder.
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