Ms MARTIN - 1998-02-17
He has demonstrated his ignorance of his portfolio. Will he confirm that the workers on the site of the Tiwi blowout were calling for power generators 4 hours before anything happened? Was this delay due to the failure of operational and staff arrangements detailed in the draft confidential report that the minister says he has read? Will the minister confirm that, if this call had been heeded, Tiwi and Wanguri residents and businesses would have had power restored up to 4 hours earlier?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I cannot confirm that at all because ...
Ms Martin: You haven't read it. You haven't done anything, have you?
Mr POOLE: What do you mean? I have a statement here. I said to the Assembly I would make ...
Mr Stirling interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! I am not sure that opposition members want to hear the answer. They certainly are not giving the minister much opportunity to answer.
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ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I cannot confirm that at all because ...
Ms Martin: You haven't read it. You haven't done anything, have you?
Mr POOLE: What do you mean? I have a statement here. I said to the Assembly I would make ...
Mr Stirling interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! I am not sure that opposition members want to hear the answer. They certainly are not giving the minister much opportunity to answer.
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