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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (25 June) . . Page.. 2089 ..

MR WHITECROSS (continuing):

Mr Speaker, my office consulted with the secretariat of the Estimates Committee as to the earlier question and was told that the reference to 30 May was a reference to the hearings of the Estimates Committee. At no stage was my office ever supplied with the answer which Mrs Carnell read from in the course of question time. While Mrs Carnell may or may not have provided it to the secretary of the Estimates Committee, my office was never provided with it. So, it was never the case that the information was at my disposal.

Mr Speaker, I might say that this answer - I am happy to table it - was given at the same time as I was given another fob-off answer by the Chief Minister, to the extent that they were not going to provide the Troughton Swier report on ACT superannuation - - -

Mr Humphries: On a point of order, Mr Speaker - - -

MR SPEAKER: There is a point of order being taken. You are now beginning to debate this matter.

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, this is an abuse of standing order 46 and ought not to be allowed to be put on the record.

MR WHITECROSS: Because they thought that they had answered it adequately in question time.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Sit down, or I will name you.

MR WHITECROSS: I seek leave to table the answer.

Leave granted.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Mr Speaker, because Mr Whitecross obviously does not have a copy of the questions, I seek leave to table that, with the accompanying letter to Ms McRae, giving her all of the information involved. For the interest of members, I thought I might also table the quote I referred to from Michael Egan, which is:

Right from the start, right from the start, right from the start I made it absolutely clear that privatisation was not on our agenda. I made that clear. Bob Carr made that clear. Not once, not twice, but time and time again.

Mr Whitecross: Mr Speaker, I thank the Chief Minister for clarifying that we cannot believe what Treasurers say about not privatising electricity authorities.

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