TAB —
PRIVATISATION — HON DARREN WEST'S COMMENTS
513. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I refer to the minister's
budget confirmation that the state government will sell the TAB and to comments
made by Hon Darren West, MLC, on 13 April 2016 when he said, and I quote —
The sale of TAB will kill off
Regional racing.
If Barnett and Holt want to make the
sale of our TAB an election issue, I say bring it on!
And on 28 March 2016, when he said,
and I quote —
I'm strongly against the sale
of the TAB.
So is everyone else�.except the
Barnett Liberal/National Government.
A change of Government will keep the
TAB in public hands and ensure future funding to WA Racing.
(1) Can the
minister confirm whether Hon Darren West, a parliamentary secretary in the
McGowan government, will now support the very thing he stridently opposed
before the last election?
(2) Does the
minister agree with Hon Darren West that the sale of the TAB will ''kill
off regional racing'', or was he misinformed on the issue?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Racing and
Gaming.
(1) Yes.
(2) No.