METRONET —
ARMADALE RAIL LINE
413. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Transport:
I have a supplementary question. Why
does the minister continue to be secretive and dishonest to the WA public about
the true cost of Metronet —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: You cannot use
the word ''dishonest''.
Ms L. METTAM: Why does the
minister continue to be secretive to the Western Australian public on the true
cost of Metronet when she has publicly admitted she knows what the cost is?
Ms R.
SAFFIOTI replied:
Yet again a demonstration of a lazy,
weak opposition! Members opposite should all hang their heads in shame. They
are the most pathetic, useless opposition that we have ever seen. Today's
question is yet another example of that. Members opposite do no work and come
into this place —
Mr D.T. Redman interjected.
The SPEAKER: Member for
Warren–Blackwood, it has nothing to do with you!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI: Members
opposite tried to use an eight-year-old photo to try to demonstrate something
that is not real, and they got caught out for it, because they are lazy and
they do not do their work. Where in the state —
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER: Member for
Vasse, I call you to order for the second time.
Ms
R. SAFFIOTI: Opposition members
are constantly caught out because of their lack of knowledge and their lack
of research. I remember when I was in opposition, when I went home, I would be
on my red couch going through and reading documents and absorbing information.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER: Member for
Vasse, I call you to order for the third time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI: I do not know
what the member does. I know that she waits for someone out there to say
something and then jumps on them, trying to do a cheap media stunt, but it
always embarrasses her. This is an exciting project for Western Australia. We
are getting on with it —
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER: Member for
Vasse, you are on three calls. I do not think you have learnt; the next time I will
send you home.
Ms S.E. Winton: Go do some
doorknocking!
The SPEAKER: Member for
Wanneroo, I call you to order for the first time.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI: I know the
member for Wanneroo does go doorknocking, so I think she is an expert and she
is able to make those comments in this place.
For the member for Vasse to come
into this place with that type of question, in which her supplementary question
does not match the first question—I do not know where the first bit was
from. The member should do her work and come and ask some decent questions.