WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett has defended the performance of his scandal-prone Treasurer Troy Buswell, saying he hasn't compromised his role as a minister but is "accident-prone".
When asked during a leaders' debate on ABC television on Tuesday night why Mr Buswell had been promoted to Treasurer despite revelations in 2008 he sniffed the chair of a Liberal female staff member after she had sat in it - writhing in mock sexual pleasure - Mr Barnett said he was one of the most outstanding ministers he'd worked with.
"Yes, he's accident-prone if you like but has he done anything which is illegal, has he compromised his role as a minister, has he been questioned by the Corruption and Crime Commission as Labor ministers were? No," Mr Barnett said.
"He's made some mistakes in his private life and his behaviour.
"On one occasion he made a mistake which I thought potentially compromised him as a minister and I removed him from the treasury portfolio.
"The public sector commissioner conducted an inquiry and he was totally cleared.
"I respect people who work and do their job, and Troy Buswell is an outstanding minister."
Opposition Leader Mark McGowan said Mr Buswell wouldn't have been promoted "anywhere else - in fact he would have been out the door".
"The only place that's he's promoted is inside Mr Barnett's cabinet."
Mr McGowan said state debt was rising under Mr Buswell and he had presided over Perth's worst congestion crisis as transport minister.
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