Page 498 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 21 February 2012
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Mr Hanson: Remember not to listen to my interjections; you tell yourself not to listen to my interjections.
MS GALLAGHER: I do tell myself but then you constantly interject and behave like the bad boy of the Liberal frontbench.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Thank you. Let us focus on the question at hand, Chief Minister.
MS GALLAGHER: Mr Speaker, it is very difficult when there is constant interjection, particularly by one member of the opposition, who has, I think, been given a specific job to do in question time, which is to be the bad boy of the frontbench, the bully of the Liberal Party.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Ms Gallagher, the question, thank you.
Mrs Dunne: On a point of order, the accusation that Mr Hanson is a bully should be withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: Yes. Ms Gallagher, I would ask you to withdraw.
MS GALLAGHER: I withdraw, Mr Speaker. We did not get a lot of feedback in response to the discussion paper that was put out, and I am happy to provide you with an update. I only recall your submission, in actual fact. But I have no reason to believe that the work will not be complete for all of our budget initiatives. In fact, it really is embedded in the cabinet process now for all submissions to have a look at a whole range of impacts—on gender, on social equity, on environment, on economic. That is very much a part of the scrutiny of all submissions and the budget will be no different.
MS BRESNAN: Supplementary.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Ms Bresnan.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MS BRESNAN: Chief Minister, can any use of triple bottom line assessment in cabinet decisions be included in the cabinet summaries provided on the government’s website?
MS GALLAGHER: I did not catch the first part of it because of Mr Hanson’s continued interjections, but I think the end of the question was could we include it in the cabinet summaries. I am happy to look at that. I have been looking at ways to improve the information we provide through that cabinet summary process. It is being well utilised, but not by as many people as we had hoped. If we can provide more information—we are in a process of continuing to build the open government strategy,
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