PARLIAMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND MINISTERIAL OFFICES —WORKPLACE
CULTURE INQUIRY
508. Ms L. METTAM to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
The SPEAKER: Minister for
Transport, this matter does not immediately concern you.
Ms L. METTAM: Is the Premier
aware of any current accusations or investigations into bullying or misconduct
against current ministers?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
The answer to that is no, but I pose
the question to the member: is Mr Buswell still a member of the Liberal Party?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, please!
Mr M. McGOWAN: I think it is
a relevant question.
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN: I think it is
a relevant question; it is a question that should be asked of the Liberal
Party. Is Mr Buswell still a member?
Ms L. Mettam: I don't
know.
Mr M. McGOWAN: So the Deputy Leader and the Leader of
the Liberal Party do not know?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, please,
members!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Members, I would
actually like to hear the Premier's response, but I will need to cut
question time short if you are all going to interject.
Mr M. McGOWAN: Thank you,
Madam Speaker. I would have thought, as the Leader of the Liberal Party, the
member might actually make himself informed about whether a former Leader of
the Liberal Party with the convictions that he has and the record that he has
is still a member of the party. If he is still a member of the party, the
Leader of the Liberal Party might want to take action on that. For the
information of the member for Cottesloe, that is known as leadership.
The SPEAKER: That concludes
question time.