more vibes
Dr S.C. THOMAS: [...] One more NEPM issue that I have not mentioned is a product stewardship proposal that is under development. I am intrigued to see how that will come out because it might relate to things such as container deposit legislation.
Mr A.D. McRae: Are you in favour of that?
Dr S.C. THOMAS: I will debate that when it comes up.
Mr A.D. McRae: Are you generally in favour?
Dr S.C. THOMAS: I can speak for 10 minutes on the pros and cons and give the member for Riverton an answer, but I will not give him an answer on the pros and cons of the process in 10 minutes that I do not have.
Mr A.D. McRae: Generally, do you have some sympathy for it?
Ms J.A. Radisich: What is the vibe?
Dr S.C. THOMAS: I am not modern enough to have a vibe! Men of my generation have a gut feeling; we do not have vibes!
Subject: National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2007 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 4 September 2007
Hansard reference: p. 4742 [online (pdf)]
you shook the Mikado all night long
Mr T.G. STEPHENS: The member is in a very fortuitous situation as housing minister because he has a very good friend who is the Treasurer. That puts him in a different position from many of his predecessors.
Mr T.R. Buswell: I am not sure that the department would agree with that.
Mr T.G. STEPHENS: Did the minister see The Mikado on the weekend?
Mr T.R. Buswell: I went to AC/DC.
Mr T.G. STEPHENS: I did not see it this time but there was a character in The Mikado that I thought the minister might understand —
Mr T.R. Buswell: Angus looked like a miniature version of you!
Mr T.G. STEPHENS: I was thinking of the Pooh-Bah character. He is able to have a conversation with himself in a variety of different roles. In the housing minister’s case, there is a chance that he will talk to the Treasurer, hopefully persuading him to give the flow of funds that are necessary to respond to the urgent situation with which we are faced.
Subject: Aboriginal Housing Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 9 March 2010
Hansard reference: p. 494 [online (pdf)]
bad vibrations
MR D.A. TEMPLEMAN (Mandurah) [1.26 pm]: The minister reminds me a little bit of the lawyer in The Castle and “the vibe”. Members will remember the lawyer in The Castle when he goes to the High Court and he is asked what is the basis of his case.
Mr M. McGowan: Dennis Denuto.
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN: Dennis Denuto, who says, “Well, it’s Mabo; it’s the vibe; it’s the vibe.” What the minister is asking us to do today —
Mr M.P. Whitely: He’s killing the vibe.
Subject: Liquor Control Amendment Bill 2010 – Referral to Economics and Industry Standing Committee [Legislative Assembly - Consideration in Detail -- Motion]
Date: 20 October 2010
Hansard reference: p. 8037 [online (pdf)]
long way to the topic
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: [...] Twenty years ago, when cannabis seemed to be the major drug that was used by youths, it produced its own problems in terms of mental illness, but it did not cause youths to go on the streets and rage in anger as they do when they are full of amphetamines. When youths take these amphetamines to stay awake at what I call doof–doof clubs—I think everyone knows what I mean—with this repetitive —
Mr T.R. Buswell: I hope you’re not talking about the AC/DC concert!
Mr J.R. QUIGLEY: I did not go there, minister. I seek an extension, please, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER: Only on the grounds that you will return to the topic at hand.
Subject: Treasurer’s Advance Authorisation Bill 2010 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 16 March 2010
Hansard reference: p. 718 [online (pdf)]
summoning
MR D.A. TEMPLEMAN (Mandurah) [11.15 am]: [...] You, Mr Acting Speaker, may be well aware that above your head is the press gallery bench—a very interesting bench to look at! If members and visitors ever get the chance to view that bench, they will see that some of our eminent journalists, both past and present, have etched comments into the Parliament’s furniture.
Mr P. Abetz: Interesting!
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN: Interesting people, and some of them very famous. Liam Bartlett, for example, is one such eminent journalist whose graffiti—if we are going to talk about definitions—is etched on the bench. Some of the comments are quite derogatory—particularly those about members of Parliament observed over decades. I see one member of the press now. He has probably come to see whether there are any fresh comments up there! Quite frankly, if we look at the definition, that is an example of graffiti, because this is a public place. Obviously, many of those journalists—here they are! They are all arriving! They arrive in throngs as I speak. Goodness me! I must remember to do something like this more often to get the attention of our journalist friends! Mr Acting Speaker (Mr J.M. Francis), you will note that with a full house of media people, I now have an audience. I am so pleased about that! However, up there in the press gallery, and in the press gallery in the other place, some very interesting observations and comments about members, both past and present, are etched on public furniture.
Point of Order
Ms J.M. FREEMAN: Can the member table the bench?
The ACTING SPEAKER (Mr J.M. Francis): It is not a very practical point of order, but I ask the member for Mandurah to choose his words carefully. I am getting very nervous sitting below the press gallery!
Debate Resumed
Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN: So the Acting Speaker should be! We are losing a few journalists now. They have obviously lost interest in my wonderful speech.
Subject: Criminal Code Amendment (Graffiti) Bill 2009 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 10 September 2009
Hansard reference: pp. 6784-6785 [online (pdf)]
what’s going on?
MR A.J. SIMPSON (Serpentine-Jarrahdale) [11.42 am]: Mr Acting Speaker -
Point of Order
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I imagine that the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale might not be the opposition’s lead speaker on this issue. He might want to clarify whether or not he is the lead speaker.
The ACTING SPEAKER (Mr P.B. Watson): Would the member for Serpentine-Jarrahdale like to pass this over?
Mr A.J. SIMPSON: I would like to pass this over to the member for Vasse; thank you, Mr Acting Speaker.
Debate Resumed
The ACTING SPEAKER: The late member for Vasse!
MR T. BUSWELL (Vasse – Deputy Leader of the Opposition) [11.43 am]: Thank you, Mr Acting Speaker.
Mr R.C. Kucera: What am I doing here?
Mr T. BUSWELL: I beg the member for Yokine’s pardon?
Mr R.C. Kucera: What am I supposed to be doing here?
Mr T. BUSWELL: I know what I am doing here; I am just trying to do it.
The ACTING SPEAKER: Just so that the member for Vasse is up to date, we are talking about Fiona Stanley Hospital Construction Account Bill 2007.
Mr T. BUSWELL: Yes, thank you very much, Mr Acting Speaker, and my apologies for delaying or deflecting the proceedings of the house while I made myself physically present and got my mind around the issues before the house.
The ACTING SPEAKER: We do appreciate your efforts.
Subject: Fiona Stanley Hospital Construction Account Bill 2007 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 14 June 2007
Hansard reference: p. 3120 [online (pdf)]
my mistake
Mr E.S. RIPPER: [...] I heard someone make a very good interjection. I think it was the member for Kingsley, who is a much more reasonable member of Parliament than the Leader of the Opposition.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes: I love you too!
Mr E.S. RIPPER: Perhaps I have gone too far.
Subject: Minister for Energy [Legislative Assembly - Matter of Public Interest]
Date: 2 March 2004
Hansard reference: p. 92 [online (pdf)]
embraceable you
This exchange also acts as a reminder about a couple of posts featured here several years ago: ‘a bit too excited about the budget’ and its sequel
Mr T. BUSWELL: [...] I invite the Treasurer to come over here, and I will embrace him now.
Mr E.S. Ripper: Is that a promise or a threat?
Mr A.P. O’Gorman: That would be on camera. We don’t want the evidence!
Mr T. BUSWELL: Maybe we will go down to Cottesloe to embrace; the Treasurer is probably more comfortable in surrounds that are known to him!
Subject: Fiona Stanley Hospital Construction Account Bill 2007 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 14 June 2007
Hansard reference: p. 3126 [online (pdf)]
i know deep down
Mr E.S. RIPPER: [...] The Perth police complex is still a hole in the ground. When it filled up with water we wanted to call it “Lake Johnson”, Mr Speaker! However, it is still a hole in the ground. How many announcements —
Mr C.C. Porter: Because it is deep?
Mr E.S. RIPPER: It is actually a pretty shallow lake, I think, and a bit salty.
Subject: Premier’s Statement [Legislative Assembly - Consideration]
Date: 16 February 2011
Hansard reference: p. 413 [online (pdf)]
facts are simple
MR R.F. JOHNSON (Hillarys — Minister for Police) [8.03 pm] — in reply: I thank the members who have spoken on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Special Powers) Bill 2011 for their contribution. I appreciate the history that we got from the member for Girrawheen. I truly found it very interesting. I did not know some of the things that she mentioned.
Ms M.M. Quirk: Wikipedia is good, minister.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON: I am not very good at those things.
Subject: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Special Powers) Bill 2011 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 22 March 2011
Hansard reference: p. 1820 [online (pdf)]
