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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (24 August) . . Page.. 2295 ..

MS CARNELL (continuing):

Mr Quinlan: So who else got these sorts of provisions?

MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, the standard - - -

Mr Stanhope: What other payments have you made?

MR SPEAKER: Order! We are answering this one.

MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, the standard quoted by Mr Corbell was varied by determination of the Commissioner for Public Administration in August 1996 to provide for, among other things, relocation assistance at the end of the contract. It is obvious that the contract may end on other than its original expiry date. You would have thought that Mr Stanhope, as a lawyer, would have known that; but, Mr Speaker, this is not about reality, this is simply about having a go at public servants. Therefore, under the provisions of contract executive employment, the conditions applying at the time to the executive in question supported the payment of relocation expenses.

Mr Speaker, if Mr Corbell had cared about what the facts were in this case, all he had to do was ask. He could have just gone to the Commissioner for Public Administration - - -

Mr Stanhope: She has gone.

MS CARNELL: We do have one.

Mr Stanhope: Oh, you have appointed another one, have you?

Mr Moore: You are picking on public servants again.

MS CARNELL: Having another go at public servants?

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MS CARNELL: He could have gone to the Commissioner for Public Administration and asked the question. But, no, Mr Corbell did not do that. He gave documents that were incorrect to the media last night, after close of business as I understand it, on strict instructions that those documents could not come to the Government, so that they could run this in the media prior to the proper facts being put on the table.

Mr Stanhope: Proper facts?

Mr Corbell: Aren't we precious.

MR SPEAKER: Order, please! The Chief Minister is explaining an important point in this matter.

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