Who's still talking to Brian Burke?

15 August 2013

Last night in the WA Parliament I raised an important matter relating to integrity and trust following confessions made in The West Australian by disgraced and twice-jailed former Premier Brian Burke that he is still in regular contact with members of Parliament.

People will remember that when in office, Labor Premier Alan Carpenter went as far as threatening to resign if Brian Burke was not expelled from the Labor Party. After many years of this ongoing drama, common-sense should dictate to all members of Parliament that any contact with Burke or his associate Julian Grill is completely unacceptable.

Western Australians deserve to know which Labor MPs still maintain close links with Mr Burke. As I said last night:

“I raise this issue tonight because until those members of Parliament in the Labor Party who do contact or are contacted by Brian Burke ’fess up to it and let us all know who they are, the suspicion will fall on each and every member of the Labor Party, barring I would say the member for Rockingham, because I have not heard about any kiss and make up between the member for Rockingham and Brian Burke. But every other member of the Labor Party in both this place and the other place is under suspicion. Who are these people who are seeking guidance and advice from Brian Burke?”

A link to my full speech in Parliament is here http://bit.ly/1et0Ifn