Page 3185 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 11 September 1991
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I fail to see what Mr Kaine complains about. Unlike Mr Kaine, I do control ministerial travel. In government we are very selective about what ministerial travel is undertaken, unlike Mr Kaine, who was quite unable to control his Ministers' travel. You certainly will not find any of my Ministers travelling off to mining conferences. You will not find any of my Ministers falling asleep, and being reported in the press as being asleep, at a ministerial conference. You will not find any of my Ministers going to New Zealand for a week for a rugby grand final, complete with entourage.
Mr Collaery: Who was that?
MS FOLLETT: That was you, Mr Collaery. I am selective about where my Ministers go. You will find that, when they do travel, they will do effective business in the best interests of this Territory. You will find that at the end of the day this Government will spend far less on that sort of travel than did the previous Government, where there was endless junketing. I challenge Mr Kaine to add up the bills for similar periods. I think we will come out of it with a very much leaner bill and a very much more effective travelling schedule in the interests of the Territory.
John Lark Media Group
MR STEVENSON: My question is to the Labor Attorney-General, Terry Connolly. Is the Attorney-General aware whether the ACT Revenue Office has a wind-up notice in existence for John Lark's media group? If so, how long has the notice existed, when will the matter proceed, and what is the statement of claim?
MR CONNOLLY: The short answer is that I have no idea of the detail of administration at that level in the ACT Revenue Office, which falls within the administrative purview of the Treasurer.
Government Credit Card
MR MOORE: My question is also to Mr Connolly, but because it is a matter of detail I gave him some advance notice. I refer to a Gazette notice that a government credit card of $600,000 was arranged on 21 August 1991. Has the Asbestos Branch of the department spent $600,000 on the government credit card? If so, on what items?
MR CONNOLLY: I thank Mr Moore for adopting the sensible course of giving me some warning that he was going to ask a question of particular detail, which allowed me to investigate the matter and provide an answer in some detail. Mr Stevenson is aware that if he asks me in
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