Mr Berry - Asked the Chief Minister on 16 February 2000:

Can the Chief Minister say if she is being paid to address the conference or is she paying to address the conference and could she also advise this Assembly what rate she is being paid if she is being paid?

MS CARNELL - The answer to Mr Berry's question is as follows:

The invitation to speak at the Performance Measures for Policy Advice Conference on 30 May 2000 did not include a fee. The conference organisers included, as part of the invitation to address the conference, an offer of a complementary registration to the conference and all workshops.

MR KAINE - To ask the Chief Minister upon notice:

� The projected cost of the Prime Television Olympic Open Day in the Bruce Stadium;

� The names of the individuals who are paid to appear at this event;

� Confirmation that taxpayers' funds are not being used to pay individuals on a 'cash for comment' basis.

MS CARNELL - To answer to the Member's question as follows:

� This was not a promotion instigated by the Bruce Stadium authorities. This was an Olympic promotion as outlined in the Canberra Tourism & Events Corporation's (CTEC) marketing strategy launched in August 1999 and distributed extensively, including to all MLA's and the tourism industry.

� This promotion fits into the overall campaign of "Another Face of our National Capital" which encompasses Olympic marketing activity.

� This promotion was held at both the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Bruce Stadium. Bruce Stadium is the venue where all Olympic Football Games will be played in Canberra and the AIS as the training venue for