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MR McGOWAN (Rockingham) [9.32 pm]: I will be handling this Bill on behalf of the Government because the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is a member of the other place and his representative in this Chamber, his parliamentary secretary, the member for Cockburn, is absent and will not be able to deal with it.
Mr Carpenter: There is something fishy about that.
Mr McGOWAN: That could be true. Maybe he is the one that got away.
Mr Carpenter: Just as long as you do not attempt to gut the Bill; I am only baiting the member and he has taken it hook, line and sinker.
Mr McGOWAN: There is no doubt about that -
Mr Carpenter: What I am afraid of is that he is completely out of his depth.
Mr McGOWAN: There is no doubt that the Minister for Education is all washed up.
Mr Carpenter: What we need here is protection against the sharks in this region, so I hope that that is included in the Bill.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Rockingham might like to address the second reading.
Mr Carpenter: He is having a whale of a time.
Mr McGOWAN: I am looking forward to getting on with the Bill. It is very interesting and listening to the Minister for Education -
Mr Carpenter: He might be looking forward to it, but he is behaving like a stunned mullet.
Mr McGOWAN: The Minister for Education is behaving like an old fishwife in his remarks about this Bill.
Subject: Fish Resources Management Amendment Bill 2001 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 12 December 2001
Hansard reference: p. 7048 [online (pdf)]
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