Page 789 - Week 05 - Thursday, 6 July 1989
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is any organisation which any member in the house knows would need some copies because people really cannot afford to buy one, then I am quite sure we could help them out in that way. But the sheets are available and they are free.
MR DUBY: I wish to ask a supplementary question. Given that these books have been provided to our Federal members, would it be appropriate that copies be provided to members of this Assembly?
MRS GRASSBY: I am sorry that I did not go on with that. There is a package to be sent to all the members, with not only a book but also an outline of ACTION buses and a whole lot of information about ACTION buses. Members will be getting invitations to visit one of our bus stations and learn a little more about it, for those who would like to go.
Self-government
MR STEVENSON: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. Would she please inform this Assembly whether she has received legal advice on the constitutional validity of this Assembly and self-government.
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Stevenson for that question, which is difficult to answer because it is true to say that during the election campaign - before the formation of the Government and before the outcome of the election was known - my party, the Australian Labor Party, sought legal advice from a very eminent constitutional lawyer on that question. It established beyond any shadow of a doubt in my mind and my party's mind that there was indeed no impediment to self-government by virtue of the constitution. Since the election outcome has been known and since the Government has been formed, I have not sought further advice.
MR STEVENSON: I wish to ask a supplementary question. In the interests of open government, I wonder whether the Chief Minister would be kind enough to obtain and make available to this house that legal advice.
MS FOLLETT: The legal advice which the Labor Party sought and for which it paid? I have no objection to that, but frankly the document is not within my control. It is a document of the Australian Labor Party and, as I say, it paid for it and paid quite dearly. I am quite happy to ask my party whether it would wish that document to be released. I think that it was made available during the election campaign anyway. But certainly I am happy to ask the party if it wishes to see it given another round.
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