Page 174 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 23 February 1994
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From my point of view, I have to say that the community out there would expect very close examination of the withdrawal of services from certain patients by certain doctors. During the course of the dispute, doctors hid behind a telephone screen and they might be difficult to identify, but they are required to provide the services. The Medical Board is charged with the responsibility of maintaining the confidence that the community should have in the medical profession. I expect that it will make a close examination of this. I trust that, where anything that is unprofessional has been done by any particular doctor, they will act accordingly.
ACTTAB - Contract with VITAB Ltd
MR DE DOMENICO: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is to the Deputy Chief Minister in his capacity as Minister for Sport. Minister, during question time in November and December you confirmed that, based on advice you sought and obtained from the Treasury and the Government Solicitor's Office, you decided to allow ACTTAB to enter into contractual arrangements with VITAB. During question time yesterday you advised us, for the first time, that you, or your department, also sought advice from Price Waterhouse on the bona fides of the company VITAB and/or its directors, and you said that the advice was that "everything was satisfactory". I think those were the words you used. Minister, I now ask: Why did you not mention the Price Waterhouse advice when you were first asked about the advice you sought in questions addressed to you during November and December? Noting that you said that your decision to sign, or to have the contract signed, was based on the advice that you did seek and got from Treasury, the Law Office and now Price Waterhouse, would you now, in the public interest, table the advice from Treasury, Price Waterhouse and the Law Office, together with the briefs given to those three areas requesting their advice?
MR BERRY: No; they are advices to Ministers. I have given the information on the advice that was provided to me. It is all accurate and - - -
Mrs Carnell: How do we know?
MR BERRY: Because I told you. That is how you know.
MR DE DOMENICO: I have a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. In case the Minister has not heard me, will he answer this question? Will you table, in the public interest, the advice you sought and received from Price Waterhouse?
MR BERRY: I said, "No".
Mr De Domenico: Why will you not table the advice, Mr Minister?
MADAM SPEAKER: I think that question has been answered.
MR BERRY: I have answered the question, Madam Speaker.
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