Page 2840 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 June 2012
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MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Seselja.
MR SESELJA: Given that the Chief Minister could not answer this question yesterday, minister, what will be the impact of the lease variation charge on jobs, particularly as it scales up and up and up over the next few years?
MR BARR: The impact of the lease variation charge on jobs will be extremely positive, because all of the revenue collected by the lease variation charge goes into the urban improvement fund, and that creates employment all over the city in the hundreds of projects, urban improvement projects, that will be undertaken as part of that funding over this coming fiscal year and into the future—projects that the Liberal Party appear to oppose. What is it about urban improvement and investment in this community and improving community infrastructure that the Liberal Party opposes?
Mr Seselja: Point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Stop the clocks, thank you. While we are having a break, before Mr Seselja takes his point of order, I am having a lot of trouble hearing the minister today. I would like the level of interjection to go down a lot.
Mr Seselja: The point of order is on relevance. The question was very specific. I ask you to ask the minister to be directly relevant and tell us how many construction jobs will be lost as a result of his tax.
MR SPEAKER: I recall the question. You might correct me, Mr Seselja, but the question was: what will the jobs impact be of the lease variation charge?
Mr Seselja: He is not talking about that.
MR SPEAKER: I believe you have now narrowed it to the construction industry.
Mr Seselja: Whether it is construction or whether it is jobs, what Mr Barr was talking about was whether or not the Liberal Party supported their urban improvement fund.
MR SPEAKER: Yes; fair point.
Mr Seselja: That was not the question, and he is not being directly relevant.
Mr Hargreaves: On the point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr Hargreaves: The interpretation you had in relation to the answer by the minister was absolutely correct. The question was all about how many jobs would be created out of the lease variation charge. The minister was halfway through telling the opposition how many jobs and where they would come from. That was happening before these characters leapt to their feet. Please uphold your ruling.
Members interjecting—
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