Hoard of state
Dr S.C. THOMAS: [...] The numbers do not add up. I believe this is something that we on this side of the house will find with this government time and again. If we look closely enough, the budget figures just do not add up. There is no doubt that this will be the blow-out era for budget expenditure. There is no doubt that every six months we will have to come into this place and say this is one more project that this government has managed to blow out. We are dealing with appropriation bills for things that were not expected and for which we did not put aside enough money.
Mr D.A. Templeman: Balloons are expensive this year!
Dr S.C. THOMAS: Balloons are expensive. They will be more expensive next year, most likely, because there is a two-year waiting list to do anything. Of course, the government now has more money than it has ever had. It could build nearly anything it wanted. If it wanted to build a space station, it could probably damn near build that.
Mr R.F. Johnson: They are like a load of kids let loose in a sweetshop with a load of pocket money!
Dr S.C. THOMAS: Absolutely. They have this enormous amount of pocket money that they can spend on just about anything.
Mr R.F. Johnson: But not in Hillarys!
Mr D.A. Templeman: Willy Wonka lives in Hillarys!
Mr R.F. Johnson: I get nothing in Hillarys.
Dr G.G. Jacobs: I get nothing in Roe.
Dr S.C. THOMAS: They get nothing in Roe, nothing in Dawesville and nothing in South Perth! The government is probably going to take bits out of it!
Mr M.P. Murray: They will put uranium there!
Dr S.C. THOMAS: That is going to Merredin, member for Collie-Wellington!
Mr M.P. Murray: We will share it around!
Subject: Appropriation (Consolidated Fund) Bill (no. 3) 2005 / Appropriation (Consolidated Fund) Bill (no. 4) 2005 [Legislative Assembly - Second Reading]
Date: 23 November 2005
Hansard reference: pp. 7684b - 7699a [online (pdf)]
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