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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 274 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 22 June 2021 by Mr P.J. Rundle

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

TEACHERS — SHORTAGE

274. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:

I have a supplementary question. Is this just another part of the public service that is facing a crisis of the government's own making, along with the public sector price freeze?

Mr M. McGOWAN replied:

I am aware of one organisation facing a crisis, and that is the National Party! Are you one of Barnaby's men? Who in the National Party in Western Australia, apart from the member for North West Central and Mr James Hayward, is going to go out there and back Barnaby? Any of you? If the answer is Barnaby, I despair as to what the question was. Barnaby Joyce is an embarrassment to Australia. He should not even be in federal Parliament, let alone the Deputy Prime Minister of this country. The Prime Minister can no longer go overseas. He can no longer leave the country. He can no longer have a holiday, because every time he does, Barnaby Joyce is going to be the Acting Prime Minister of Australia. It is actually embarrassing. It is actually a risk to the country that Barnaby Joyce is going to be the Acting Prime Minister, so our Prime Minister can no longer go on holidays. He can no longer have a break. He can no longer go overseas. He cannot go on any trip to any other country, because Barnaby will be sitting there. How can he have faith?

Point of Order

Mr R.S. LOVE: Point of order, Madam Speaker.

Mr M. McGOWAN: Which one are you? Are you one of Barnaby's boys?

The SPEAKER: Point of order, Premier.

Several members interjected.

The SPEAKER: Premier! Members! I am taking a point of order. Members, the point of order will be heard in silence.

Mr R.S. LOVE: I just draw your attention to the relevance. There is no relevance in the Premier's answer to the question that was asked.

The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. The Premier can answer as he sees fit, but I would ask him to perhaps draw his answer to a close.

Questions without Notice Resumed

Mr M. McGOWAN: Madam Speaker, the thing about the question is that I answered the member's supplementary in response to his original question. I find that this opposition cannot process the original answer and work out its supplementary based upon what I said in the original answer. I answered the member's question. Then he asked me what is written down in front of him because he cannot think on his feet. That is a common problem amongst the six of them. I segued, because he used the word ''crisis'' and I know an organisation that is in crisis, and that is the National Party of Australia.

The SPEAKER: Members, that concludes question time.