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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 1 Hansard (21 February) . . Page.. 123 ..

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (3.26): Mr Speaker, the information that has been requested is certainly not confidential in any way. The reason that Mr De Domenico suggested a briefing is that we have information on every single ticket issued. It is on a big database. We have information on when every ticket was issued and what sort of ticket it was. All of that sort of information exists, but it is jolly difficult to table. We are very happy for Mr Whitecross to go and look at it, to check out the computer system and so on; but it is information that is extremely difficult to table. We will do it if that is what everybody wants us to do, but every member of this Assembly is more than welcome to see the information and to see how we have accessed it. Mr Whitecross has not asked for statistics on route usage or for anything specific. He has asked for all of the information relating to magnetic ticketing.

Mr Whitecross: No, I have not. You are showing your ignorance, as usual.

Ms Follett: No, they are not. They are just fudging.

MRS CARNELL: No, absolutely not. If the only information that is required is the information that we have with regard to changing some routes, it is not a problem, although it will be a lot of information. I just hope that the Assembly understands that. I would have thought that Assembly members would gain more from going and looking at the database.

MS HORODNY (3.27): The question that Mr Whitecross asked seems pretty reasonable to me. Mr De Domenico, you made a decision on changing some routes from one area to another in certain places around the ACT. It seems that you must have based that decision on certain data. That data must have been available to you and your department. Why is that information not available to us? It seems to be a very simple question.

Mr De Domenico: It is available. Go and have a look at it.

MS HORODNY: Could you make that available to the Assembly? That is what we are asking.

Mr De Domenico: We have, but we have not tabled it. If you want me to table the computer program, that is a bit nonsensical.

Mr Whitecross: Mr Speaker, I do not know what Mr De Domenico thinks he is doing.

Mr De Domenico: I have been asked a question by Ms Horodny.

Mr Whitecross: We are in a debate, Mr De Domenico.

Mr Moore: He can seek leave to speak if he wants to.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, he can. It is perfectly in order.

Mr Whitecross: If everyone wants him to.

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