Page 1828 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 1 May 1991
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White Collar Crime
MR STEVENSON: My question is directed to the Attorney-General, Bernard Collaery. Will the Attorney-General initiate an investigation into the matter of white collar crime I raised in this house last night concerning the falsification of records by Alexander Gajic and liquidation of Joyfrey Nominees Pty Ltd to evade tax obligations and payments to creditors?
MR COLLAERY: I thank Mr Stevenson for the question. I am waiting on the Hansard report and copies of the tabled documents, of course. I have undertaken to refer that to the Australian Federal Police and to any other necessary authorities concerned with that alleged liquidation. But certainly I am not saying that I am undertaking the investigation; I am saying that I have referred the matter to the relevant authorities who, within their own operational prerogatives, can decide whether the matter should be investigated further. But if it is not investigated, and within the realms of privacy considerations, I can tell you why.
Alliance Government - Resignation of Dr Kinloch
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I direct a question to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, has Dr Kinloch formally submitted to you his resignation as an Executive Deputy in the Alliance Government? Will you table that resignation?
MR KAINE: Yes, Dr Kinloch has submitted to me his resignation as a member of the Government and as an Executive Deputy. No, I will not table it. It is a private message between Dr Kinloch and me.
MR WOOD: I ask a supplementary question. Further to that, are you acting to adjust any of Dr Kinloch's extra staffing and other resources provided by the Government to Executive Deputies, and do you require that he leave the accommodation on the Executive level?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, my recollection is that Executive Deputies have the same staff as individual members of the Assembly do. The only difference, as I understand it, is that out of the Executive budget comes some part of the costs of the staff. I will take that matter up with the Speaker to see whether there ought to be an adjustment between his budget and mine. As to accommodation, it is a matter that I have not considered yet.
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