Page 3188 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 11 September 1991
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Mr Kaine: I do not agree that there was any paperwork there that had anything to do with the ACT Government.
MS FOLLETT: There were other duties that he carried out as well - for instance, arranging some of the meetings I have already referred to. That was a very important part of the trip to Hobart.
Mr Humphries asked what benefit there was to the Territory in the staff member's attendance. It is pretty obvious that the meetings that were arranged were in the interests of pursuing the claims and the needs of the Territory, whether those meetings were with other parliamentarians, with Federal Ministers, with members of the media, with private sector people, and so on. A fair amount of that sort of work went on. As well, he carried out the ordinary sort of business that a member of my personal staff does: Writing letters, speeches, press releases, and so on. All that sort of work was carried on throughout the week, as a pretty normal working week for that staff member.
MR HUMPHRIES: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Ms Follett mentioned speeches being written for her by Mr Deegan. I ask whether any of the speeches written for her were for her to give at the ALP National Conference?
MS FOLLETT: No, they were not.
Members' Travel Costs
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, my question is to you as the chair of the Administration and Procedures Committee. In addition to private study trips undertaken by members at government expense, what other approvals have been given by the Administration and Procedures Committee for members to take private travel at government expense?
MR SPEAKER: I am afraid I do not understand the question, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: In addition to the private travel which has been undertaken at government expense, what other approvals have been given by the Administration and Procedures Committee for members to travel privately at government expense?
MR SPEAKER: I do not think there is anything improper about my passing on the results of an Administration and Procedures Committee meeting of last evening at which approvals were given for Mr Kaine to travel to an accountants meeting in Sydney, for me to divert on a trip back from overseas, and for Mr Duby and Ms Maher to attend a conference in Hobart. That is about all I can recall.
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