Eric Ripper (born 1951) is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he is currently the Treasurer of Western Australia. Ripper entered the Cabinet upon the formation of the Labor Government following the 2001 Western Australian election. He became Minister for Energy in 2001. Ripper had previously served as Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Government Enterprises and Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management in Gallop's cabinet. Ripper entered the Parliament of Western Australia in 1988 after winning a by-election in the Electoral district of Ascot. Prior to this time he was a teacher. He served as Minister for Community Services and Minister for Disability services in the Lawrence Ministry (1991-1993). He currently represents the seat of Belmont. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... In many governments, a treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury. ... Emblems: Fauna-Black Swan Flora-Kangaroo Paw Capital = Perth Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital {{{Capital}}} Government Governor Premier Const. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Parliament of Western Australia consists of the Western Australian Legislative Council, the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Western Australia. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Dr Carmen Lawrence Dr Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948), Australian politician, former Premier of Western Australia and the first directly elected Federal President of the Australian Labor Party in 2003. ... Belmont is an Electoral district of Western Australia. ...
Ripper lives in Rivervale and has two sons. Rivervale, near the Swan River in Australia, is a suburb of Belmont, Western Australia and 5km from Perths central business district. ...
It has been confirmed by Mr Ripper and Ms Ljiljiana Ravlich (the current Education Minister) that they are currently seeing each other. This rumour which was circulating for many weeks is now confirmed.
ERICRIPPER: Well, throwing money to Health is certainly not easy because we've had to constrain expenditure right across the rest of the public sector and we've had to raise taxes.
ERICRIPPER: Of course we have a surplus, but the surplus is not money in a jar which is not being spent.
ERICRIPPER: No, it's not at risk because we've kept the debt-to-revenue ratio below the cap of 47 per cent and the ratings agencies have confirmed that this Budget is consistent with the maintenance of the AAA credit rating.
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