Question Time

Yeend, Mr S.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation. Does the minister condone the Premier's behaviour towards Mr Shane Yeend at a Labor Party fundraiser last December when he allegedly said, 'How dare you effing embarrass me. You can shove your business up your arse.'

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:30): I thank the honourable member for his question. I do not intend to go into any detail about what are private conversations, either between myself and other people or between the Premier and other people. The Premier has made a statement on this, and all I will say is that the behaviour of the gentleman concerned speaks for itself.